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Hosea 12:5–6

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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.
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From verse 5

  1. Exodus 3:15Rank 1 from verse 5
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    15And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

  2. Isaiah 42:8Rank 2 from verse 5
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    8I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

  3. Psalms 135:13Rank 3 from verse 5
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    13Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations.

  4. Genesis 28:16Rank 4 from verse 5
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    16¶ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.

  5. Genesis 32:30Rank 5 from verse 5
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    30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

From verse 6

  1. Micah 6:8Rank 1 from verse 6
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    8He 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?

  2. Hosea 14:1Rank 2 from verse 6
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    1O ISRAEL, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

  3. Lamentations 3:25–26Rank 3 from verse 6
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    25The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

    26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

  4. Micah 7:7Rank 4 from verse 6
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    7Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

  5. Acts 2:38Rank 5 from verse 6
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    38Then 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.

  6. Hosea 6:1–3Rank 6 from verse 6
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    1COME, 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.

    2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

    3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

  7. James 2:13Rank 7 from verse 6
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    13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

  8. Zechariah 7:9Rank 8 from verse 6
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    9Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

  9. Acts 26:20Rank 9 from verse 6
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    20But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

  10. Amos 5:24Rank 10 from verse 6
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    24But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

  11. Genesis 49:18Rank 11 from verse 6
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    18I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.

  12. Habakkuk 2:3Rank 12 from verse 6
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    3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

  13. Hosea 10:12Rank 13 from verse 6
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    12Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

  14. Hosea 4:1Rank 14 from verse 6
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    1HEAR the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

  15. Isaiah 1:16Rank 15 from verse 6
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    16¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

  16. Isaiah 30:18Rank 16 from verse 6
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    18¶ And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

  17. Isaiah 31:6Rank 17 from verse 6
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    6¶ Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

  18. Isaiah 40:31Rank 18 from verse 6
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    31But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

  19. Isaiah 55:6–7Rank 19 from verse 6
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    6¶ Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

    7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  20. Isaiah 58:6Rank 20 from verse 6
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    6Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

  21. Isaiah 8:17Rank 21 from verse 6
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    17And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

  22. James 1:27Rank 22 from verse 6
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    27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

  23. Jeremiah 22:15Rank 23 from verse 6
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    15Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?

  24. Jeremiah 3:14–22Rank 24 from verse 6
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    14Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

    15And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

    16And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

    17At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

    18In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

    19But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

    20¶ Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.

    21A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God.

    22Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.

  25. Joel 2:13Rank 25 from verse 6
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    13And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

  26. Lamentations 3:39–41Rank 26 from verse 6
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    39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

    40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

    41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

  27. Proverbs 1:23Rank 27 from verse 6
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    23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

  28. Proverbs 21:3Rank 28 from verse 6
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    3To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

  29. Psalms 123:2Rank 29 from verse 6
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    2Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

  30. Psalms 130:5–7Rank 30 from verse 6
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    5I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

    6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

    7Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

  31. Psalms 27:14Rank 31 from verse 6
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    14Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

  32. Psalms 37:7Rank 32 from verse 6
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    7Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

  33. Zechariah 1:3Rank 33 from verse 6
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    3Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.

  34. Zephaniah 3:8Rank 34 from verse 6
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    8¶ Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

  35. Zechariah 8:16Rank 35 from verse 6
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    16¶ These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

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Hosea 12:5

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hosts

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1. Armies or multitudes. 2. Persons who receive or entertain guests.

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COMBINED MEANING

memorial

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Sense 1: A remembrance or something that preserves or calls to mind. Sense 2: The representative portion of an offering.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616

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Hosea 12:6

COMBINED MEANING

turn

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Sense 1: To change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change. Sense 2: One’s time or occasion in an order or succession.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mercy

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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

judgment

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The act, authority, process, cause, or result of judging; discernment, legal hearing, verdict, ordinance, justice, government, vindication, condemnation, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wait

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Sense 1: To remain in expectation or readiness. Sense 2: To attend or serve. Sense 3: As a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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continually

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1. Repeatedly, habitually, or at every appointed recurrence. 2. Without pause or cessation during the period stated.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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12:3¶ He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

12:4Yea, 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;

12:5Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial.

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12:6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

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