Hosea 14:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:4

is like the light of morning, like the sun rising on a cloudless morning, gleaming from the rain on the grassy land.”

2 Kings 19:30

The surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward,

Job 29:19

my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches;

Psalm 133:3

It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion. For there the Lord ordained his blessing, life forevermore.

Psalm 72:16

May there be abundance of grain in the land; may it wave on the tops of the mountains; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may people blossom in the cities like the grass of the field.

Psalm 72:6

May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.

Psalm 80:9

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

Psalm 92:12

The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Psalm 92:13

They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God.

Proverbs 19:12

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

Song of Solomon 2:16

My beloved is mine, and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 4:5

Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that feed among the lilies.

Isaiah 12:1

You will say on that day: “I will give thanks to you, O Lord, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, and you comforted me.

Isaiah 18:4

For thus the Lord said to me: “I will quietly look from my dwelling like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead shall live; their corpses shall rise. Those who dwell in the dust will awake and shout for joy! For your dew is a radiant dew, and the earth will give birth to those long dead.

Isaiah 27:6

In days to come Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit.

Isaiah 35:2

it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and shouting. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God.]]

Isaiah 44:3

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

Isaiah 45:8

Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may spring up, and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also; I the Lord have created it.

Isaiah 57:18

I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will lead them and repay them with comfort,

Isaiah 57:19

creating for their mourners the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and the near, says the Lord, and I will heal them.

Jeremiah 3:22

Return, O faithless children, I will heal your faithlessness. “Here we come to you, for you are the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 32:41

I will rejoice in doing good to them, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his appearing is as sure as the dawn; he will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that water the earth.”

Micah 5:7

Then the remnant of Jacob, surrounded by many peoples, shall be like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which do not depend upon people or wait for any mortal.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of his possession? He does not retain his anger forever because he delights in showing steadfast love.

Matthew 6:28

And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin,

Luke 12:27

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

Ephesians 3:17

and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.

Deuteronomy 32:2

May my teaching drop like the rain, my speech condense like the dew, like gentle rain on grass, like showers on new growth.