What does Hosea 12:6 mean?

Hosea 12:6 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Hosea 12:6 today?

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

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;

5Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.

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

7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

8And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

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