Hosea 14:8-9

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁸ O Ephraim, what have I^[a] to do with idols?
    It is I who answer and look after you.^[b]
I am like an evergreen cypress;
    your faithfulness^[c] comes from me.
⁹ Those who are wise understand these things;
    those who are discerning know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
    and the upright walk in them,
    but transgressors stumble in them.