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Hosea 12:6

But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.

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ASV

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.

KJV

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאַתָּ֖הve.'a.Tahand youH859 →
בֵּאלֹהֶ֣יךָbe.lo.Hei.khain God yourH430 →
תָשׁ֑וּבta.Shuvyou will returnH7725 →
חֶ֤סֶדChe.sedloyaltyH2617 →
וּמִשְׁפָּט֙u.mish.Patand justiceH4941 →
שְׁמֹ֔רshe.MorkeepH8104 →
וְקַוֵּ֥הve.ka.Vehand waitH6960 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430 →
תָּמִֽיד׃ta.MidcontinuallyH8548 →

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Joel 2:12“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”Micah 6:8He 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 walk humbly with your God?Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.Lamentations 3:40Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.Hosea 14:1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.Lamentations 3:25–26The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.Micah 7:7But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.Hosea 6:1–3Come, 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 up our wounds.James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.Acts 2:38Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.Zechariah 7:9“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.Daniel 6:20When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”Galatians 5:5But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.Joel 2:13So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.Isaiah 55:6–7Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.Habakkuk 2:3For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.Isaiah 31:6Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

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