Bible verse

Hosea 12:6

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

Hosea 12:6 · BSB

Hosea 12:6 in context

The verses around it, from Hosea 12.

2 The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.

4 Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—

5 the LORD is the God of Hosts—the LORD is His name of renown.

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

7 A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.

8 And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

9 But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.

10 I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.

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Hosea 12:6 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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