Hosea 10:12

Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

Cross References (29)

  • Jeremiah 4:3–4 (48)

    For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among t

  • Isaiah 45:8 (40)

    Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sp

  • James 3:18 (38)

    Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.

  • Proverbs 11:18 (36)

    The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

  • Isaiah 55:6 (29)

    Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

  • Hosea 6:3 (26)

    So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the

  • Jeremiah 29:12–14 (23)

    Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

  • Isaiah 44:3 (20)

    For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants

  • Ecclesiastes 11:6 (16)

    Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether

  • Psalms 105:4 (16)

    Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

  • Zephaniah 2:1–3 (13)

    Gather yourselves, gather together, O shameful nation,

  • Amos 5:15 (13)

    Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remn

  • Luke 13:24 (12)

    “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

  • Amos 5:6 (11)

    Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one a

  • Isaiah 31:1 (11)

    Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their mu

  • 1 Corinthians 3:6–7 (10)

    I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

  • Amos 5:4 (9)

    For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!

  • Hosea 12:6 (8)

    But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.

  • Hosea 8:7 (7)

    For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour.

  • Amos 5:8 (7)

    He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of t

  • Ezekiel 34:26 (6)

    I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.

  • Psalms 72:6 (6)

    May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.

  • Isaiah 32:20 (6)

    Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.

  • Psalms 126:5–6 (6)

    Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.

  • Isaiah 30:23 (6)

    Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be ric

  • Acts 2:18 (6)

    Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

  • Isaiah 5:6 (5)

    I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds

  • Proverbs 18:21 (5)

    Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

  • Jeremiah 50:4 (5)

    “In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together,