Hosea 12:6

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Hosea 12:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

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.”

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Isaiah 31:6

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Isaiah 55:7

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Jeremiah 3:14

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Jeremiah 3:15

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Jeremiah 3:16

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Jeremiah 3:18

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Jeremiah 3:19

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Jeremiah 3:20

But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 3:21

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Jeremiah 3:22

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Lamentations 3:39

Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?

Lamentations 3:40

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Lamentations 3:41

Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

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Proverbs 21:3

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Isaiah 58:6

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Jeremiah 22:15

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James 2:13

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Psalms 37:7

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Psalms 123:2

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Psalms 130:5

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Psalms 130:6

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Psalms 130:7

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