Hosea 14:9

A Promise Of Restoration

⁸ Ephraim, why should I have anything more
to do with idols?
It is I who answer and watch over him.
I am like a flourishing pine tree;
your fruit comes from Me. ⁹ Let whoever is wise understand these things,
and whoever is insightful recognize them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
and the righteous walk in them,
but the rebellious stumble in them.

Ways of the Lord

Jehovah

Psalm 107:43

Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things
and consider the Lord’s acts of faithful love.

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the honorable,
but destruction awaits the malicious.

Jeremiah 9:12

Who is the man wise enough to understand this? Who has the Lord spoken to, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a wilderness, so no one can pass through?

Zephaniah 3:5

The righteous Lord is in her;
He does no wrong.
He applies His justice morning by morning;
He does not fail at dawn,
yet the one who does wrong knows no shame.

Daniel 12:10

Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; none of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.

Luke 2:34

Then Simeon blessed them and told His mother Mary: “Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be opposed—

John 8:47

The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you don’t listen, because you are not from God.”

John 18:37

“You are a king then?” Pilate asked.

“You say that I’m a king,” Jesus replied. “I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.”

Genesis 18:25

You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

Deuteronomy 32:4

The Rock—His work is perfect;
all His ways are entirely just.
A faithful God, without prejudice,
He is righteous and true.

Job 17:9

Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,
and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.

Job 34:10-12

Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding.
It is impossible for God to do wrong,
and for the Almighty to act unjustly.

Job 34:18-19

who says to a king, “Worthless man!”
and to nobles, “Wicked men!”?

Psalm 19:7-8

The instruction of the Lord is perfect,
renewing one’s life;
the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,
making the inexperienced wise.

Psalm 84:5

Happy are the people whose strength is in You,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

Psalm 84:7

They go from strength to strength;
each appears before God in Zion.

Psalm 111:7-8

The works of His hands are truth and justice;
all His instructions are trustworthy.

Psalm 119:75

I know, Lord, that Your judgments are just
and that You have afflicted me fairly.

Psalm 119:128

I carefully follow all Your precepts
and hate every false way.

Proverbs 1:5-6

a wise man will listen and increase his learning,
and a discerning man will obtain guidance—

Proverbs 4:18

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Isaiah 1:28

But both rebels and sinners will be destroyed,
and those who abandon the Lord will perish.

Isaiah 8:13-15

You are to regard only the Lord of Hosts as holy.
Only He should be feared;
only He should be held in awe.

Isaiah 26:7

The path of the righteous is level;
You clear a straight path for the righteous.

Ezekiel 18:25

“But you say, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair.’ Now listen, house of Israel: Is it My way that is unfair? Instead, isn’t it your ways that are unfair?

Ezekiel 33:17-20

“But your people say, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair,’ even though it is their own way that isn’t fair.

Matthew 11:19

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

Matthew 13:11-12

He answered them, “Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.

Luke 4:28-29

When they heard this, everyone in the synagogue was enraged.

Luke 7:23

And anyone who is not offended because of Me is blessed.”

John 3:19-20

“This, then, is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.

John 9:39

Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”

John 15:24

If I had not done the works among them that no one else has done, they would not have sin. Now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.

Romans 7:12

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

Romans 9:32-33

Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders,

1 Peter 2:7-8

So honor will come to you who believe, but for the unbelieving,

The stone that the builders rejected—
this One has become the cornerstone,