Hosea 6:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.”

Cross References

Hosea 14:5

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

Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them a heart to know that I am the Lord, and they will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with their whole heart.

Psalm 72:6

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

Revelation 22:16

“It is I, Jesus, who sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”

Matthew 13:11

He answered, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Zechariah 10:1

Ask rain from the Lord in the season of the spring rain, from the Lord who makes the storm clouds, who gives showers of rain to you, the vegetation in the field to everyone.

2 Peter 1:19

So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Luke 1:78

Because of the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us,

Malachi 4:2

But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.

Micah 4:2

and many nations shall come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Hebrews 3:14

For we have become partners of Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

Hosea 10:12

Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.

Isaiah 54:13

All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the prosperity of your children.

Acts 17:11

These Jews were more receptive than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the message very eagerly and examined the scriptures every day to see whether these things were so.

Hosea 2:20

I will take you for my wife in faithfulness, and you shall know the Lord.

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 32:15

until a spirit from on high is poured out on us, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.

Psalm 65:9

You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide the people with grain, for so you have prepared it.

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.

Micah 5:2

But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days.

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

Isaiah 5:6

I will make it a wasteland; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and it shall be overgrown with briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

Job 29:23

They waited for me as for the rain; they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

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.

Psalm 19:4

yet their voice goes out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world. In the heavens he has set a tent for the sun,

John 7:17

Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.

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.”

Psalm 19:6

Its rising is from the end of the heavens and its circuit to the end of them, and nothing is hid from its heat.

Psalm 63:8

My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

Isaiah 2:3

Many peoples shall come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth instruction and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Hosea 14:6

His shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive tree and his fragrance like that of Lebanon.