Hosea 14:5

New English Translation

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:4

is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth.

2 Kings 19:30

Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.

Job 29:19

My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.

Psalm 133:3

It is like the dew of Hermon, which flows down upon the hills of Zion. Indeed that is where the Lord has decreed a blessing will be available – eternal life.

Psalm 72:16

May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!

Psalm 72:6

He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth.

Psalm 80:9

You cleared the ground for it; it took root, and filled the land.

Psalm 92:12

The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.

Psalm 92:13

Planted in the Lord’s house, they grow in the courts of our God.

Proverbs 19:12

A king’s wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Song of Solomon 2:16

My lover is mine and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 4:5

Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of the gazelle grazing among the lilies.

Isaiah 12:1

At that time you will say: “I praise you, O Lord, for even though you were angry with me, your anger subsided, and you consoled me.

Isaiah 18:4

For this is what the Lord has told me: “I will wait and watch from my place, like scorching heat produced by the sunlight, like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest.”

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.

Isaiah 27:6

The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.

Isaiah 35:2

Let it richly bloom; let it rejoice and shout with delight! It is given the grandeur of Lebanon, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the grandeur of the Lord, the splendor of our God.

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.

Isaiah 45:8

O sky, rain down from above! Let the clouds send down showers of deliverance! Let the earth absorb it so salvation may grow, and deliverance may sprout up along with it. I, the Lord, create it.

Isaiah 57:18

I have seen their behavior, but I will heal them and give them rest, and I will once again console those who mourn.

Isaiah 57:19

I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. Complete prosperity is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby,” says the Lord, “and I will heal them.

Jeremiah 3:22

Come back to me, you wayward people. I want to cure your waywardness. Say, ‘Here we are. We come to you because you are the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 32:41

I will take delight in doing good to them. I will faithfully and wholeheartedly plant them firmly in the land.’

Hosea 6:3

So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.”

Micah 5:7

Those survivors from Jacob will live in the midst of many nations. They will be like the dew the Lord sends, like the rain on the grass, that does not hope for men to come or wait around for humans to arrive.

Micah 7:18

There is no other God like you! You forgive sin and pardon the rebellion of those who remain among your people. You do not remain angry forever, but delight in showing loyal love.

Matthew 6:28

Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin.

Luke 12:27

Consider how the flowers grow; they do not work or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

Ephesians 3:17

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

Deuteronomy 32:2

My teaching will drop like the rain, my sayings will drip like the dew, as rain drops upon the grass, and showers upon new growth.