Hosea 12:6

4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us;

5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.

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

7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

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 hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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  • Micah 7:7

    Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

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  • Hosea 14:1

    O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

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  • Lamentations 3:25–26

    The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

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  • Hosea 6:1–3

    Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

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  • James 2:13

    For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

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  • Zechariah 7:9

    Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

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  • Acts 2:38

    Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

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