Hosea 12:6
But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
In Context
5the LORD God of Hosts, the LORD is His name of renown.
7A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
Cross References
Exodus 3:15God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
Psalms 37:7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
Psalms 130:5I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
Isaiah 31:6Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 12:2-7
The Crimes of Israel and Judah; Expostulations with Israel. ( b. c. 723.) 1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. 2 The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. 3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: 4 Yea, he had power over the… Read the whole commentary →