Hosea 12:6

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

"Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually." - Hosea 12:6
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What does Hosea 12:6 mean?

Hosea 12:6 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually." This verse is part of the larger context of the book of Hosea, which is a prophetic book in the Old Testament. The prophet Hosea…

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The Divine Call to Return: Embracing Mercy and Patience

The Book of Hosea presents a profound reflection on the unending love of God juxtaposed with the persistent waywardness of His people. At the heart of Hosea's writing lies a call for repentance, restoration, and a return to the Lord. Hosea 12:6 states: "Therefore turn thou to…

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A Prayer for Mercy, Justice, and Patience in Our Walk with God

O Heavenly Father, We come before You in humility, acknowledging Your greatness and majesty. Lord, as we reflect on the words of Hosea 12:6 – "Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually" – we are reminded of the covenant You have…

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Hosea 12:6 - "Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually."
Hosea 12:12 - "And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep."
Hosea 6:6 - "For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings."
Hosea 12:5 - "Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial."
Hosea 5:12 - "Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness."
Hosea 13:12 - "The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid."
Hosea 12:13 - "And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved."
Hosea 6:8 - "Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood."
Hosea 14:5-6 – "I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily."
Hosea 6:7 - "But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me."
Hosea 12:3 - "¶ He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:"
Hosea 8:12 - "I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing."
Hosea 12:11 - "Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields."
Hosea 6:9 - "And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness."
Hosea 8:6 - "For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces."
Hosea 12:10 - "I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets."
Hosea 14:6 - "His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon."
Hosea 13:6 - "According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me."
Hosea 11:12 - "Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints."
"And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep." - Hosea 12:12
"For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings." - Hosea 6:6
Hosea 12:9 - "And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast."
Hosea 12:2 - "The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him."
"The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid." - Hosea 13:12
"Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial." - Hosea 12:5
Hosea 5:6 - "They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them."
Hosea 2:6 - "¶ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths."
Hosea 11:6 - "And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels."
Hosea 6:11 - "Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people."