Hosea 14:9

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(14:10) Who is wise, and he shall vnderstande these things? and prudent, and he shall knowe them? for the wayes of the Lorde are righteous, and the iust shall walke in them: but the wicked shal fall therein.

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  • Ps 107:43 : 43 Who is wise that hee may obserue these things? for they shall vnderstand the louing kindnesse of the Lord.
  • Prov 10:29 : 29 The way of the Lord is strength to the vpright man: but feare shall be for the workers of iniquitie.
  • Jer 9:12 : 12 Who is wise, to vnderstande this? And to whome the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken, euen he shal declare it. Why doth the land perish, and is burnt vp like a wildernesse, that none passeth through?
  • Zeph 3:5 : 5 The iust Lord is in the middes thereof: he will doe none iniquitie: euery morning doeth hee bring his iudgement to light, he faileth not: but the wicked will not learne to be ashamed.
  • John 8:47 : 47 He that is of God, heareth Gods wordes: yee therefore heare them not, because ye are not of God.
  • Luke 2:34 : 34 And Simeon blessed them, and saide vnto Mary his mother, Beholde, this childe is appointed for the fall and rising againe of many in Israel, and for a signe which shalbe spoken against,
  • John 18:37 : 37 Pilate then said vnto him, Art thou a King then? Iesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a King: for this cause am I borne, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should beare witnes vnto the trueth: euery one that is of the trueth, heareth my voyce.
  • Dan 12:10 : 10 Many shalbe purified, made white, & tried: but the wicked shall doe wickedly, and none of the wicked shall haue vnderstanding: but the wise shall vnderstand.
  • Deut 32:4 : 4 Perfect is the worke of the mighty God: for all his wayes are iudgement. God is true, and without wickednesse: iust, and righteous is he.
  • Job 17:9 : 9 But the righteous wil holde his way, & he whose hands are pure, shall increase his strength.
  • Job 34:10-12 : 10 Therefore hearken vnto me, ye men of wisedome, God forbid that wickednesse should be in God, and iniquitie in the Almightie. 11 For he will render vnto man according to his worke, and cause euery one to finde according to his way. 12 And certainely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almightie peruert iudgement.
  • Job 34:18-19 : 18 Wilt thou say vnto a King, Thou art wicked? or to princes, Ye are vngodly? 19 How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, & regardeth not the rich, more then the poore? for they be all the worke of his handes.
  • Ps 19:7-8 : 7 The Lawe of the Lord is perfite, conuerting the soule: the testimonie of the Lord is sure, and giueth wisedome vnto the simple. 8 The statutes of the Lorde are right and reioyce the heart: the commandement of the Lord is pure, and giueth light vnto the eyes.
  • Ps 84:5 : 5 Blessed is the man, whose strength is in thee, and in whose heart are thy wayes.
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 They goe from strength to strength, till euery one appeare before God in Zion.
  • Ps 111:7-8 : 7 The workes of his handes are trueth and iudgement: all his statutes are true. 8 They are stablished for euer and euer, and are done in trueth and equitie.
  • Ps 119:75 : 75 I knowe, O Lorde, that thy iudgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me iustly.
  • Ps 119:128 : 128 Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.
  • Prov 1:5-6 : 5 A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels, 6 To vnderstand a parable, & the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that shineth more and more vnto the perfite day.
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 Be it farre fro thee from doing this thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be euen as the wicked, be it farre from thee. shall not the Iudge of all the worlde doe right?
  • Ezek 18:25 : 25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lorde is not equall: heare now, O house of Israel. Is not my way equall? or are not your wayes vnequall?
  • Ezek 33:17-20 : 17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equall: but their owne way is vnequall. 18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousnesse, and committeth iniquitie, he shall euen die thereby. 19 But if the wicked returne from his wickednesse, and doe that which is lawfull and right, hee shall liue thereby. 20 Yet yee say, The way of the Lord is not equall. O ye house of Israel, I will iudge you euery one after his waies.
  • Isa 1:28 : 28 And the destruction of the transgressers and of the sinners shalbe together: and they that forsake the Lord, shalbe consumed.
  • Isa 8:13-15 : 13 Sanctifie the Lord of hostes, and let him be your feare, and let him be your dread, 14 And he shalbe as a Sanctuarie: but as a stumbling stone, and as a rocke to fall vpon, to both the houses of Israel, and as a snare and as a net to the inhabitants of Ierusalem. 15 And many among them shall stumble, and shal fall and shalbe broken and shalbe snared and shalbe taken.
  • Isa 26:7 : 7 The way of the iust is righteousnesse: thou wilt make equall the righteous path of the iust.
  • Rom 7:12 : 12 Wherefore the Lawe is holy, and that commandement is holy, and iust, and good.
  • Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the workes of the Lawe: for they haue stumbled at the stumbling stone, 33 As it is written, Beholde, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone, and a rocke to make men fall: and euery one that beleeueth in him, shall not be ashamed.
  • 2 Cor 2:15-16 : 15 For wee are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christ, in them that are saued, and in them which perish. 16 To the one we are the sauour of death, vnto death, and to the other the sauour of life, vnto life: and who is sufficient for these things?
  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 Euen him whose comming is by the effectuall working of Satan, with all power, and signes, and lying wonders, 10 And in al deceiuablenes of vnrighteousnes, among them that perish, because they receiued not the loue of the trueth, that they might be saued. 11 And therefore God shal send them strong delusion, that they should beleeue lies, 12 That all they might be damned which beleeued not the trueth, but had pleasure in vnrighteousnes.
  • 1 Pet 2:7-8 : 7 Vnto you therefore which beleeue, it is precious: but vnto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disalowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8 And a stone to stumble at, and a rocke of offence, euen to them which stumble at the woorde, being disobedient, vnto the which thing they were euen ordeined.
  • Luke 4:28-29 : 28 Then all that were in the Synagogue, when they heard it, were filled with wrath, 29 And rose vp, and thrust him out of the citie, and led him vnto the edge of the hil, whereon their citie was built, to cast him downe headlong.
  • Luke 7:23 : 23 And blessed is hee, that shall not be offended in me.
  • John 3:19-20 : 19 And this is the condemnation, that that light came into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then that light, because their deedes were euill. 20 For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.
  • John 9:39 : 39 And Iesus sayd, I am come vnto iudgement into this world, that they which see not, might see: and that they which see, might be made blinde.
  • John 15:24 : 24 If I had not done workes among them which none other man did, they had not had sinne: but nowe haue they both seene, and haue hated both me, and my Father.
  • Matt 11:19 : 19 The sonne of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Beholde a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend vnto Publicanes and sinners: but wisedome is iustified of her children.
  • Matt 13:11-12 : 11 And he answered, & said vnto them, Because it is giuen vnto you, to know the secretes of the kingdome of heauen, but to the it is not giue. 12 For whosoeuer hath, to him shalbe giuen, and he shall haue abundance: but whosoeuer hath not, from him shalbe taken away, euen that he hath.

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    6For the Lorde knoweth the way of the righteous, & the way of the wicked shal perish.

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  • 2He that walketh in his righteousnes, feareth the Lord: but he that is lewde in his wayes, despiseth him.

  • 18He that walketh vprightly, shalbe saued: but he that is froward in his wayes, shall once fall.

  • 13And from them that leaue the wayes of righteousnes to walke in the wayes of darkenes:

  • 7The way of the iust is righteousnesse: thou wilt make equall the righteous path of the iust.

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    12Who is wise, to vnderstande this? And to whome the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken, euen he shal declare it. Why doth the land perish, and is burnt vp like a wildernesse, that none passeth through?

    13And the Lorde sayeth, Because they haue forsaken my Lawe, which I set before them, and haue not obeyed my voice, neither walked thereafter,

  • 10He that causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way, shal fall into his owne pit, and the vpright shall inherite good things.

  • 3The vprightnes of the iust shal guide them: but the frowardnes of the transgressers shall destroy them.

  • 29The way of the Lord is strength to the vpright man: but feare shall be for the workers of iniquitie.

  • 12There is a way that seemeth right to a man: but the issues thereof are the wayes of death.

  • 20Therefore walke thou in the way of good men, and keepe the wayes of the righteous.

  • 13Righteousnesse shall go before him, and shall set her steps in the way.

  • 4Therefore I saide, Surely they are poore, they are foolish, for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the iudgement of their God.

  • 8The way of peace they knowe not, & there is none equitie in their goings: they haue made them crooked paths: whosoeuer goeth therein, shall not knowe peace.

  • 12The eyes of the Lorde preserue knowledge: but hee ouerthroweth the wordes of the transgressour.

  • 33Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.

  • 15Hast thou marked the way of the worlde, wherein wicked men haue walked?

  • 20I cause to walke in the way of righteousnes, and in the middes of the paths of iudgement,

  • 9The wise men are ashamed: they are afraid and taken. loe, they haue reiected the word of the Lorde, and what wisdome is in them?

  • 15The foolish will beleeue euery thing: but the prudent will consider his steppes.

  • 17He that regardeth instruction, is in the way of life: but he that refuseth correction, goeth out of the way.

  • 17The pathe of the righteous is to decline from euil, and hee keepeth his soule, that keepeth his way.

  • 14Therefore hath the Lord made ready the plague, and brought it vpon vs: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we would not heare his voyce.

  • 15Whose wayes are crooked and they are lewde in their paths.

  • 6A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.

  • 24The steps of man are ruled by the Lord: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?

  • 13Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.

  • 15The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counsell, is wise.

  • 12The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.

  • 8The way of some is peruerted and strange: but of the pure man, his worke is right.

  • 21Foolishnes is ioy to him that is destitute of vnderstanding: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.

  • 6In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.

  • 9The way of the wicked is an abomination vnto the Lord: but he loueth him that followeth righteousnes.

  • 8Gracious & righteous is the Lorde: therefore will he teache sinners in the way.

  • 15Wo vnto them that seeke deepe to hide their counsell from the Lorde: for their workes are in darkenes, and they say, Who seeth vs? and who knoweth vs?

  • 6Forsake your way, ye foolish, and ye shall liue: and walke in the way of vnderstanding.