Hosea 10:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Sow righteousness for yourselves and reap faithful love; break up your unploughed ground. It is time to seek the  Lord until he comes  and sends righteousness on you like the rain.

Cross References

James 3:18

And the fruit of righteousness  is sown in peace by those who cultivate peace.

Isaiah 45:8

‘Heavens, sprinkle from above, and let the skies shower righteousness. Let the earth open up so that salvation will sprout and righteousness will spring up with it. I, the Lord, have created it.

Proverbs 11:18

The wicked person earns an empty wage, but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the Lord while he may be found; call to him while he is near.

Hosea 6:3

Let’s strive to know the  Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the land.

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit  on your descendants and my blessing on your offspring.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow your seed, and at evening do not let your hand rest, because you don’t know which will succeed, whether one or the other, or if both of them will be equally good.

Luke 13:24

‘Make every effort to enter through the narrow door,   because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able to

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good; establish justice at the city gate. Perhaps the Lord, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Amos 5:6

Seek the Lord   and live, or he will spread like fire throughout the house of Joseph; it will consume everything with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and who depend on horses! They trust in the abundance of chariots and in the large number of horsemen. They do not look  to the Holy One of Israel, and they do not seek the  Lord.

Amos 5:4

For the Lord says to the house of Israel: Seek me and live!

Hosea 12:6

But you must return to your God. Maintain love and justice, and always put your hope in God.

Amos 5:8

The one who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness  into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the water of the sea and pours it out over the surface of the earth   – the Lord is his name.

Hosea 8:7

Indeed, they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. There is no standing corn; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it did, foreigners would swallow it up.

Acts 2:18

I will even pour out my Spirit on my servants in those days, both men and women and they will prophesy.

Ezekiel 34:26

I will make them and the area around my hill  a blessing: I will send down showers in their season;  they will be showers of blessing.

Isaiah 32:20

You will be happy as you sow seed beside abundant water, and as you let oxen and donkeys range freely.

Isaiah 30:23

Then he will send rain for your seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food, the produce of the ground, will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

Jeremiah 50:4

In those days and at that time – this is the  Lord’s declaration – the Israelites and Judeans will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the  Lord their God.

Isaiah 5:6

I will make it a wasteland. It will not be pruned or weeded; thorns and briars will grow up. I will also give orders to the clouds that rain should not fall on it.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

2 Corinthians 9:10

Now the one who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will also provide and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

Isaiah 48:18

If only you had paid attention to my commands. Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Hosea 14:1

Israel, return to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled in your iniquity.

Isaiah 54:14

and you will be established on a foundation of righteousness. You will be far from oppression, you will certainly not be afraid; you will be far from terror, it will certainly not come near you.