Hosea 10:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Plough your fields, scatter seeds of justice, and harvest faithfulness. Worship me, the LORD, and I will send my saving power down like rain.

Cross References

Psalm 105:4

Trust the LORD and his mighty power.

Psalm 72:6

Let him be as helpful as rain that refreshes the meadows and the ground.

Proverbs 11:18

Meanness gets you nowhere, but goodness is rewarded.

Proverbs 18:21

Words can bring death or life! Talk too much, and you will eat everything you say.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

Plant your seeds early in the morning and keep working in the field until dark. Who knows? Your work might pay off, and your seeds might produce.

Isaiah 30:23

The Lord will send rain to water the seeds you have planted—your fields will produce more crops than you need, and your cattle will graze in open pastures.

Isaiah 31:1

You are in for trouble if you go to Egypt for help, or if you depend on an army of chariots or a powerful cavalry. Instead you should depend on and trust the holy LORD God of Israel.

Isaiah 32:20

You will have God's blessing, as you plant your crops beside streams, while your donkeys and cattle roam freely about.

Isaiah 44:3

I will bless the thirsty land by sending streams of water; I will bless your descendants by giving them my Spirit.

Isaiah 45:8

Tell the heavens to send down justice like showers of rain. Prepare the earth for my saving power to sprout and produce justice that I, the LORD, create.

Isaiah 48:18

How I wish that you had obeyed my commands! Your success and good fortune would then have overflowed like a flooding river.

Isaiah 5:6

It will turn into a desert, neither pruned nor hoed; it will be covered with thorns and briars. I will command the clouds not to send rain.

Isaiah 54:14

You will be built on fairness with no fears of injustice; every one of your worries will be taken far from you.

Isaiah 55:6

Turn to the LORD! He can still be found. Call out to God! He is near.

Jeremiah 50:4

The LORD said: People of Israel and Judah, when these things happen you will weep, and together you will return to your land and worship me, the LORD your God.

Ezekiel 34:26

They will live around my holy mountain, and I will bless them by sending more than enough rain

Hosea 12:6

So return to your God. Patiently trust him, and show love and justice.

Hosea 14:1

Israel, return! Come back to the LORD, your God. Sin has made you fall.

Hosea 6:3

Let's do our best to know the LORD. His coming is as certain as the morning sun; he will refresh us like rain renewing the earth in the springtime.

Hosea 8:7

If you scatter wind instead of wheat, you will harvest a whirlwind and have no wheat. Even if you harvest grain, enemies will steal it all.

Amos 5:15

Choose good instead of evil! See that justice is done. Perhaps I, the LORD All-Powerful, will be kind to what's left of your people.

Amos 5:4

The LORD keeps saying, “Israel, turn back to me and you will live!

Amos 5:6

Turn back to the LORD, you descendants of Joseph, and you will live. If you don't, the LORD will attack like fire. Bethel will burn to the ground, and no one can save it.

Amos 5:8

But the LORD created the stars and put them in place. He turns darkness to dawn and daylight to darkness; he scoops up the ocean and empties it on the earth.

Luke 13:24

Do all you can to go in by the narrow door! A lot of people will try to get in, but will not be able to.

Acts 2:18

In those days I will give my Spirit to my servants, both men and women, and they will prophesy.

2 Corinthians 9:10

God gives seed to farmers and provides everyone with food. He will increase what you have, so that you can give even more to those in need.

James 3:18

When peacemakers plant seeds of peace, they will harvest justice.