Hosea 14:9

The book closes by calling the wise to understand that God's ways are right; the righteous walk in them while the rebellious stumble. It is a final summons to heed the whole message of Hosea.

Cross-references · 38

• Prov 10:29The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
• Ps 107:43Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.
• John 8:47Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
• Dan 12:10Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
• Prov 1:5–6let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
• Ps 19:7–8The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
• Jer 9:12Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
• Isa 26:7The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
• Deut 32:4He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
• Zeph 3:5The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
• Ps 119:128Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
• 1 Pet 2:7–8To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
• John 18:37“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”
• Gen 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
• 2 Cor 2:15–16For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
• Ps 119:75I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
• Luke 7:23Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
• Ps 111:7–8The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy.
• Isa 8:13–15The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.
• Matt 13:11–12He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
• 2 Th 2:9–12The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
• Isa 1:28But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.
• John 3:19–20And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
• Matt 11:19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
• Rom 9:32–33Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
• Ps 84:5Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
• John 9:39Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
• Ezek 18:25Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
• Prov 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
• Ps 84:7They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
• Job 34:10–12Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
• Luke 2:34Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,
• Luke 4:28–29On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.
• Job 34:18–19who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’
• Rom 7:12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
• John 15:24If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.
• Ezek 33:17–20Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.
• Job 17:9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

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