Hosea 12:6

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.

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.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.
KJV
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
WEB
Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
ASV
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
DARBY
And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
BLB
And you must return to your God; Keep love and justice, and wait for your God continually!
ÅB
Og du - til din Gud skal du vende om; hold fast ved miskunnhet og rett, og bi stadig på din Gud!
OTB
Så vend tilbake til din Gud,
Bevar kjærlighet og rett,
Og vent stadig på din Gud.
B1930
Og du - til din Gud skal du vende om; hold fast ved miskunnhet og rett, og bi stadig på din Gud!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Micah 6:8

    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 walk humbly with your God?

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  • Micah 7:7

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

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  • Hosea 14:1

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

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  • Lamentations 3:25–26

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

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  • Hosea 6:1–3

    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 up our wounds.

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  • James 2:13

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

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  • Zechariah 7:9

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

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  • Acts 2:38

    Peter 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.

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