Hosea 14:9
Who is wise, that he may understand these things? intelligent, that he may take knowledge of them? For, straightforward, are the ways of Yahweh, and, the righteous, shall travel therein, but, transgressors, shall stumble therein.
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Deuteronomy 32:4A Rock! faultless his work, For, all his ways, are just, A GOD of faithfulness and without perversity, Right and fair, is he!
Job 34:10Wherefore, ye men of mind, hearken unto me,—Far be it, that, GOD, should be lawless, or, the Almighty, be perverse!
Psalms 19:7The, law of Yahweh, is complete, Bringing back the soul, The, testimony of Yahweh, is confirmed, Making wise the simple;
Psalms 84:7They go from strength to strength, Each one appeareth before God in Zion.
Psalms 111:7The works of his hands, are faithful and just, Firm are all his precepts;
Psalms 119:128For this cause, all thy precepts concerning all things, I deem right, Every way of falsehood, I hate.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 14:9
Assurances of Mercy. ( b. c. 720.) 8 Ephraim 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. 9 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. Let us now hear the conclusion of the whole matter. I. Concerning Ephraim; he is spoken of and spoken to, v. 8 . Here we have, 1. His… Read the whole commentary →