Hosea 14:9

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus III.45Book III

  “And one of the prophets—Hosea—says at the end of his prophecies: “Who is wise, and he will understand these things? or prudent, and he shall know them?”” — editor's note: Hos. xiv. 9.

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• Origen, Against Celsus IV.50Book IV

  “For to these things applies the saying: “Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? or who is prudent, and he shall know them?”” — editor's note: Cf. Hos. xiv. 9.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences I–X III.13Conference III

  “And the Lord Himself says to Israel: “I will direct him like a green fir-tree: from Me is thy fruit found.”” — editor's note: Hos. xiv. 9.

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Hippolytus of Rome

• Hippolytus of Rome, Exegetical Fragments §21On Daniel

  “We ought therefore to mark the goodness of God, how He straightway reveals and shows (Himself) to the worthy, and to those that fear Him, fulfilling their prayers and supplications, as the prophet says: “Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? and prudent, and he shall know them?”” — editor's note: Hos. xiv. 9.

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 13

  ““Who is wise and he shall understand these things?”—how the sea is typically a baptism bringing about the departure of Pharaoh, in like manner as this washing causes the departure of the tyranny of the devil.” — editor's note: Hos. xiv. 9.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.15Book VI

  “For the ways of the Lord are right,” says the prophet, showing that the Gnostic alone is able to understand and explain the things spoken by the Spirit obscurely.” — editor's note: Hos. xiv. 9.

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• Exodus 7:1

  Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §21.

• Psalm 6:9

  Cited together in Conferences I–X III.13.

• Psalm 25:5

  Cited together in Conferences I–X III.13.

• Psalm 119:18

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.50.

• Jeremiah 10:23

  Cited together in Conferences I–X III.13.

• Ezekiel 29:3

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.50.

• Ezekiel 32:5

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.50.

• Ezekiel 32:6

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.50.

• Daniel 1:1

  Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §21.

• Daniel 2:3

  Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §21.

• Daniel 3:1

  Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §21.

• Daniel 7:1

  Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §21.

• Daniel 9:21

  Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §21.

• Daniel 10:6

  Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §21.

• Daniel 12:1

  Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §21.