Hosea 12:6

But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.

Cross References (35)

  • Micah 6:8 (14)

    He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to wa

  • Hosea 14:1 (5)

    Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.

  • Micah 7:7 (5)

    But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

  • Lamentations 3:25–26 (5)

    The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

  • Acts 2:38 (4)

    Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins,

  • Zechariah 7:9 (4)

    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.

  • Hosea 6:1–3 (4)

    Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind

  • Acts 26:20 (3)

    First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared

  • Zechariah 1:3 (3)

    So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will retur

  • Isaiah 40:31 (3)

    But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and

  • Isaiah 31:6 (3)

    Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.

  • Isaiah 1:16 (3)

    Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

  • Hosea 10:12 (3)

    Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to

  • James 2:13 (3)

    For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

  • Isaiah 30:18 (3)

    Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. B

  • Isaiah 58:6 (3)

    Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the op

  • Proverbs 21:3 (3)

    To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.

  • Joel 2:13 (3)

    So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow t

  • Psalms 27:14 (3)

    Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!

  • Habakkuk 2:3 (3)

    For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since

  • James 1:27 (3)

    Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to

  • Zephaniah 3:8 (3)

    Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to as

  • Hosea 4:1 (3)

    Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no tr

  • Isaiah 8:17 (3)

    I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

  • Psalms 37:7 (3)

    Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wic

  • Lamentations 3:39–41 (3)

    Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?

  • Psalms 130:5–7 (3)

    I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

  • Jeremiah 22:15 (3)

    Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteou

  • Proverbs 1:23 (3)

    If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known

  • Isaiah 55:6–7 (3)

    Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

  • Jeremiah 3:14–22 (3)

    “Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two fr

  • Genesis 49:18 (3)

    I await Your salvation, O LORD.

  • Psalms 123:2 (3)

    As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress,

  • Amos 5:24 (3)

    But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

  • Zechariah 8:16 (2)

    These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,