Hosea 14:9

A Promise Of Restoration

⁸ Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green fir tree; from me your fruit is found." ⁹ Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know 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

Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of the LORD.

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

Jeremiah 9:12

"Who is the wise man, that may understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through?"

Zephaniah 3:5

The LORD, in the midst of her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn't fail, but the unjust know no shame.

Daniel 12:10

Many shall be purified, cleansed and refined; but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.

Luke 2:34

and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, "Look, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

John 8:47

He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you do not hear, because you are not of God."

John 18:37

Pilate therefore said to him, "Are you a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."

Genesis 18:25

Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"

Deuteronomy 32:4

The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice: a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.

Job 17:9

Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

Job 34:10-12

"Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from Shaddai, that he should commit iniquity.

Job 34:18-19

Who says to a king, 'Vile.' or to nobles, 'Wicked.'?

Psalm 19:7-8

The LORD's Law is perfect, restoring the soul. The LORD's testimony is sure, making wise the simple.

Psalm 84:5

Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.

Psalm 84:7

They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.

Psalm 111:7-8

The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure.

Psalm 119:75

LORD, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have humbled me.

Psalm 119:128

Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.

Proverbs 1:5-6

that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.

Isaiah 1:28

But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

Isaiah 8:13-15

The LORD of hosts is who you must regard as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the righteous is level. O Just One, you make the path of the righteous smooth.

Ezekiel 18:25

"'Yet you say, "The way of the Lord is not equal." Hear now, house of Israel: "Is my way not equal? Aren't your ways unequal?"

Ezekiel 33:17-20

"Yet the children of your people say, 'The way of the Lord is not equal': but as for them, their way is not equal.

Matthew 11:19

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.' But wisdom is justified by her actions."

Matthew 13:11-12

And he answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

Luke 4:28-29

They were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these things.

Luke 7:23

Blessed is he who is not offended by me."

John 3:19-20

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

John 9:39

Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who do not see may see; and that those who see may become blind."

John 15:24

If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.

Romans 7:12

Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

Romans 9:32-33

Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

1 Peter 2:7-8

For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who do not believe, "The stone which the builders rejected, has become the chief cornerstone,"