Hosea 6:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Let’s learn about the Lord. Let’s try very hard to know him. We know he is coming, just as we know the dawn is coming. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the ground.”

Cross References

Hosea 14:5

I will be like the dew to Israel. Israel will blossom like the lily. He will grow like the cedar trees of Lebanon.

Jeremiah 24:7

I will make them want to know me. They will know that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God. I will do this because the prisoners in Babylon will turn to me with their whole hearts.”

Psalm 72:6

Help the king be like rain falling on the fields, like showers falling on the land.

Revelation 22:16

“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to tell you these things for the churches. I am the descendant from the family of David. I am the bright morning star.”

Matthew 13:11

Jesus answered, “Only you can know the secret truths about God’s kingdom. Those other people cannot know these secret truths.

Zechariah 10:1

Pray to the Lord for rain in the springtime. The Lord will send the lightning and the rain will fall, and he will make the plants grow in each person’s field.

2 Peter 1:19

This makes us more sure about what the prophets said. And it is good for you to follow closely what they said, which is like a light shining in a dark place. You have that light until the day begins and the morning star brings new light to your minds.

Luke 1:78

“With the loving mercy of our God, a new day from heaven will shine on us.

Malachi 4:2

“But, for my followers, goodness will shine on you like the rising sun. And it will bring healing power like the sun’s rays. You will be free and happy, like calves freed from their stalls.

Micah 4:2

People from many nations will go there and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the Temple of the God of Jacob. Then God will teach us his way of living, and we will follow him.” His teaching, the Lord’s message, will begin in Jerusalem on Mount Zion and will go out to all the world.

Hebrews 3:14

We have the honor of sharing in all that Christ has if we continue until the end to have the sure faith we had in the beginning.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life: that people can know you, the only true God, and that they can know Jesus Christ, the one you sent.

Hosea 10:12

If you plant goodness, you will harvest faithful love. Plow your ground, and you will harvest with the Lord. He will come, and he will make goodness fall on you like rain.

Isaiah 54:13

I, the Lord, will teach your children, and they will have real peace.

Acts 17:11

The people in Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica. They were so glad to hear the message Paul told them. They studied the Scriptures every day to make sure that what they heard was really true.

Hosea 2:20

I will make you my faithful bride. Then you will really know the Lord.

Isaiah 44:3

“I will pour water for thirsty people, and streams will flow through the desert. I will pour my Spirit on your children, and I will bless your family.

Isaiah 32:15

This will continue until God gives us his Spirit from above. Then the desert will become rich farmland and the farmland will be like thick forests.

Psalm 65:9

You take care of the land. You water it and make it fertile. Your streams are always filled with water. That’s how you make the crops grow.

Deuteronomy 32:2

My teachings will come like the rain, like a mist falling to the ground, like a gentle rain on the soft grass, like rain on the green plants.

Micah 5:2

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, are the smallest town in Judah. Your family is almost too small to count, but the “Ruler of Israel” will come from you to rule for me. His beginnings are from ancient times, from long, long ago.

Ezekiel 36:25

Then I will sprinkle pure water on you and make you pure. I will wash away all your filth, the filth from those nasty idols, and I will make you pure.

Isaiah 5:6

I will turn my vineyard into useless land. No one will care for the plants or work in the field. Weeds and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”

Proverbs 4:18

The path of those who live right is like the early morning light. It gets brighter and brighter until the full light of day.

Job 29:23

They waited for my words as they would for rain. They drank them in like rain in the springtime.

Micah 5:7

But those from Jacob who are still living and scattered among the nations will be like dew from the Lord that does not depend on anyone. They will be like rain on the grass that does not wait for anyone.

Psalm 19:4

But their message goes throughout the world. Their teaching reaches the ends of the earth. The sun’s tent is set up in the heavens.

John 7:17

People who really want to do what God wants will know that my teaching comes from God. They will know that this teaching is not my own.

2 Samuel 23:4

is like the morning light at dawn, like a morning without clouds. He is like sunshine after a rain that makes tender grass grow from the ground.’

Psalm 19:6

It starts at one end of the sky and runs all the way to the other end. Nothing can hide from its heat.

Psalm 63:8

I stay close to you, and you hold me with your powerful arm.

Isaiah 2:3

People from many places will go there and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the Temple of the God of Jacob. Then God will teach us his way of living, and we will follow him.” His teaching, the Lord’s message, will begin in Jerusalem on Mount Zion and will go out to all the world.

Hosea 14:6

His branches will grow, and he will be like a beautiful olive tree. He will be like the sweet smell from the cedar trees of Lebanon.