Hosea 14:9 · KJV
“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.”
— Hosea 14:9
Hosea 14 — Context
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive {as} the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof {shall be} as the wine of Lebanon. {grow: or, blossom} {scent: or, memorial}
8Ephraim {shall say}, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard {him}, and observed him: I {am} like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
9Who {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.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:29
The way of the LORD {is} strength to the upright: but destruction {shall be} to the workers of iniquity.
Psalms 107:43
Whoso {is} wise, and will observe these {things}, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
John 8:47
He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear {them} not, because ye are not of God.
Daniel 12:10
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.
Proverbs 1:5-6
A wise {man} will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Psalms 19:7-8
The law of the LORD {is} perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD {is} sure, making wise the simple. {law: or, doctrine} {converting: or, restoring}
Zephaniah 3:5
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. {every...: Heb. morning by morning}
Deuteronomy 32:4
{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.