Hosea 10:12

New Century Version

I said, ‘Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. Look for the Lord until he comes and pours goodness on you like water.’

Cross References

Psalm 105:4

Depend on the Lord and his strength; always go to him for help.

Psalm 72:6

Let him be like rain on the grass, like showers that water the earth.

Proverbs 11:18

An evil person really earns nothing, but a good person will surely be rewarded.

Proverbs 18:21

What you say can mean life or death. Those who speak with care will be rewarded.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

Plant early in the morning, and work until evening, because you don’t know if this or that will succeed. They might both do well.

Isaiah 30:23

At that time the Lord will send rain for the seeds you plant in the ground, and the ground will grow food for you. The harvest will be rich and great, and you will have plenty of food in the fields for your animals.

Isaiah 31:1

How terrible it will be for those people who go down to Egypt for help. They think horses will save them. They think their many chariots and strong horsemen will save them. But they don’t trust God, the Holy One of Israel, or ask the Lord for help.

Isaiah 32:20

But you will be happy as you plant seeds near every stream and as you let your cattle and donkeys wander freely.

Isaiah 44:3

I will pour out water for the thirsty land and make streams flow on dry land. I will pour out my Spirit into your children and my blessing on your descendants.

Isaiah 45:8

“Sky above, make victory fall like rain; clouds, pour down victory. Let the earth receive it, and let salvation grow, and let victory grow with it. I, the Lord, have created it.

Isaiah 48:18

If you had obeyed me, you would have had peace like a full-flowing river. Good things would have flowed to you like the waves of the sea.

Isaiah 5:6

I will ruin my field. It will not be trimmed or hoed, and weeds and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”

Isaiah 54:14

I will build you using fairness. You will be safe from those who would hurt you, so you will have nothing to fear. Nothing will come to make you afraid.

Isaiah 55:6

So you should look for the Lord before it is too late; you should call to him while he is near.

Jeremiah 50:4

The Lord says, “At that time the people of Israel and Judah will come together. They will cry and look for the Lord their God.

Ezekiel 34:26

I will bless them and let them live around my hill. I will cause the rains to come when it is time; there will be showers to bless them.

Hosea 12:6

You must return to your God; love him, do what is just, and always trust in him as your God.

Hosea 14:1

Israel, return to the Lord your God, because your sins have made you fall.

Hosea 6:3

and know him. Let’s try to learn about the Lord; he will come to us as surely as the dawn comes. He will come to us like rain, like the spring rain that waters the ground.”

Hosea 8:7

“Israel’s foolish plans are like planting the wind, but they will harvest a storm. Like a stalk with no head of grain, it produces nothing. Even if it produced something, other nations would eat it.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good; be fair in the courts. Maybe the Lord God All-Powerful will be kind to the people of Joseph who are left alive.

Amos 5:4

This is what the Lord says to the nation of Israel: “Come to me and live.

Amos 5:6

Come to the Lord and live, or he will move like fire against the descendants of Joseph. The fire will burn Bethel, and there will be no one to put it out.

Amos 5:8

God is the one who made the star groups Pleiades and Orion; he changes darkness into the morning light, and the day into dark night. He calls for the waters of the sea to pour out on the earth. The Lord is his name.

Luke 13:24

“Try hard to enter through the narrow door, because many people will try to enter there, but they will not be able.

Acts 2:18

At that time I will pour out my Spirit also on my male slaves and female slaves, and they will prophesy.

2 Corinthians 9:10

God is the One who gives seed to the farmer and bread for food. He will give you all the seed you need and make it grow so there will be a great harvest from your goodness.

James 3:18

People who work for peace in a peaceful way plant a good crop of right-living.