Hosea 14:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:4

It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth.

2 Kings 19:30

And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth and give fruit.

Job 29:19

My root will be open to the waters, and the night mist will be on my branches,

Psalm 133:3

Like the dew of Hermon, which comes down on the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord gave orders for the blessing, even life for ever.

Psalm 72:16

May there be wide-stretching fields of grain in the land, shaking on the top of the mountains, full of fruit like Lebanon: may its stems be unnumbered like the grass of the earth.

Psalm 72:6

May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.

Psalm 80:9

You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land.

Psalm 92:12

The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon.

Psalm 92:13

Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens.

Proverbs 19:12

The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

Song of Solomon 2:16

My loved one is mine, and I am his: he takes his food among the flowers.

Song of Solomon 4:5

Your two breasts are like two young roes of the same birth, which take their food among the lilies.

Isaiah 12:1

And in that day you will say I will give praise to you, O Lord; for though you were angry with me, your wrath is turned away, and I am comforted.

Isaiah 18:4

For this is what the Lord has said to me: I will be quiet, watching from my place; like the clear heat when the sun is shining, like a mist of dew in the heat of summer.

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.

Isaiah 27:6

In days to come Jacob will take root: Israel will put out buds and flowers; and the face of the world will be full of fruit.

Isaiah 35:2

It will be flowering like the rose; it will be full of delight and songs; the glory of Lebanon will be given to it; the pride of Carmel and Sharon: they will see the glory of the Lord, the power of our God.

Isaiah 44:3

For I will send water on the land needing it, and streams on the dry earth: I will let my spirit come down on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring.

Isaiah 45:8

Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about.

Isaiah 57:18

I have seen his ways, and I will make him well: I will give him rest, comforting him and his people who are sad.

Isaiah 57:19

I will give the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is near and to him who is far off, says the Lord; and I will make him well.

Jeremiah 3:22

Come back, you children who have been turned away, and I will take away your desire for wandering. See, we have come to you, for you are the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 32:41

And truly, I will take pleasure in doing them good, and all my heart and soul will be given to planting them in this land in good faith.

Hosea 6:3

And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.

Micah 5:7

And the rest of Jacob will be among the mass of peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which may not be kept back by man, or be waiting for the sons of men.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.

Matthew 6:28

And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread:

Luke 12:27

Give thought to the flowers: they do no work, they make no thread; and still I say to you, Even Solomon, in all his glory, was not clothed like one of these.

Ephesians 3:17

So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love,

Deuteronomy 32:2

My teaching is dropping like rain, coming down like dew on the fields; like rain on the young grass and showers on the garden plants: