Hosea 14:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Who [is] wise, and he shall understand these [things]? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD [are] right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

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  • Ps 107:43 : 43 Whoso [is] wise, and will observe these [things], even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
  • Prov 10:29 : 29 ¶ The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
  • Jer 9:12 : 12 ¶ Who [is] the wise man, that may understand this? and [who is he] to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth [and] is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
  • Zeph 3:5 : 5 The just LORD [is] in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
  • John 8:47 : 47 ‹He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear› [them] ‹not, because ye are not of God.›
  • Luke 2:34 : 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this [child] is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
  • John 18:37 : 37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, ‹Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.›
  • Dan 12:10 : 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
  • Deut 32:4 : 4 [He is] the Rock, his work [is] perfect: for all his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he.
  • Job 17:9 : 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
  • Job 34:10-12 : 10 ¶ Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, [that he should do] wickedness; and [from] the Almighty, [that he should commit] iniquity. 11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to [his] ways. 12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
  • Job 34:18-19 : 18 [Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly? 19 [How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.
  • Ps 19:7-8 : 7 ¶ The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the LORD [are] right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD [is] pure, enlightening the eyes.
  • Ps 84:5 : 5 Blessed [is] the man whose strength [is] in thee; in whose heart [are] the ways [of them].
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God.
  • Ps 111:7-8 : 7 The works of his hands [are] verity and judgment; all his commandments [are] sure. 8 They stand fast for ever and ever, [and are] done in truth and uprightness.
  • Ps 119:75 : 75 ¶ I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right, and [that] thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
  • Ps 119:128 : 128 Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right; [and] I hate every false way.
  • Prov 1:5-6 : 5 A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
  • Ezek 18:25 : 25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
  • Ezek 33:17-20 : 17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. 18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. 19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. 20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
  • Isa 1:28 : 28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners [shall be] together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
  • Isa 8:13-15 : 13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and [let] him [be] your fear, and [let] him [be] your dread. 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
  • Isa 26:7 : 7 The way of the just [is] uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
  • Rom 7:12 : 12 Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
  • Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
  • 2 Cor 2:15-16 : 15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: 16 To the one [we are] the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who [is] sufficient for these things?
  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 [Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
  • 1 Pet 2:7-8 : 7 Unto you therefore which believe [he is] precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to them] which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
  • Luke 4:28-29 : 28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
  • Luke 7:23 : 23 ‹And blessed is› [he], ‹whosoever shall not be offended in me.›
  • John 3:19-20 : 19 ‹And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.› 20 ‹For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.›
  • John 9:39 : 39 ¶ And Jesus said, ‹For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.›
  • John 15:24 : 24 ‹If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.›
  • Matt 11:19 : 19 ‹The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.›
  • Matt 13:11-12 : 11 He answered and said unto them, ‹Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.› 12 ‹For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.›

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