Hosea 14:9
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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.Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
In other translations
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.Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
Hebrew words
מִיmiwho?H4310חָכָםchakham[is] wiseH2450וְיָבֵןveyavenand let him understandH995אֵלֶּה'elehthese [things]H428נָבוֹןnavondiscerning?H995וְיֵדָעֵםveyeda'emand let him know themH3045כִּי־ki-forH3588יְשָׁרִיםyesharim[are] uprightH3477דַּרְכֵיdarkhei[the] ways ofH1870יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וְצַדִּקִיםvetzadikimand righteous [people]H6662יֵלְכוּyelekhuthey walkH1980בָםvamin themוּפֹשְׁעִיםufoshe'imand transgressorsH6586יִכָּשְׁלוּyikasheluthey stumbleH3782בָם׃vamin them
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- John 8:47He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
- Daniel 12:10Many 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.Many 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.
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- Jeremiah 9:12Who 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?Who 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?
- Zephaniah 3:5The 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.The 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.
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- Deuteronomy 32:4He 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.He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
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