Hosea 6:3

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:4

he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth upon a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.

Job 29:23

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

Psalm 19:4

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

Psalm 19:6

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

Psalm 63:8

My soul clings to thee; thy right hand upholds me.

Psalm 65:9

Thou visitest the earth and waterest it, thou greatly enrichest it; the river of God is full of water; thou providest their grain, for so thou hast prepared it.

Psalm 72:6

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

Proverbs 4:18

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

Isaiah 2:3

and 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 the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Isaiah 32:15

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

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 5:6

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

Isaiah 54:13

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

Jeremiah 24:7

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

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.

Hosea 10:12

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

Hosea 14:5

I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, he shall strike root as the poplar;

Hosea 14:6

his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon.

Hosea 2:20

I will betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know the Lord.

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 we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Micah 5:2

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

Micah 5:7

Then the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers upon the grass, which tarry not for men nor wait for the sons of men.

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 men showers of rain, to every one the vegetation in the field.

Malachi 4:2

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

Matthew 13:11

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

Luke 1:78

through the tender mercy of our God, when the day shall dawn upon us from on high

John 17:3

And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

John 7:17

if any man's will is to do his will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.

Acts 17:11

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Deuteronomy 32:2

May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distil as the dew, as the gentle rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.

Hebrews 3:14

For we share in Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end,

2 Peter 1:19

And we have the prophetic word made more sure. You will do well to pay attention to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Revelation 22:16

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