Hosea 10:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

Sow

James 3:18

Time

Rain

General references

Mark 4:5

Bible References

Sow

For they sow the wind, and they reap the whirlwind. It has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal; if it does yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.

The wicked makes a deceitful wage; but one sowing righteousness has a sure reward.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.

In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know what shall be blessed, either this or that, or whether they both shall be fruitful in the same way.

Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the ass.

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Time

Seek Jehovah and His strength; seek His face evermore.

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and lean on horses and trust in chariots, because it is great; and in horsemen, because they are so very strong, but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor do they seek Jehovah!

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

Then you shall call on Me, and you shall go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

In those days, and at that time, says Jehovah, the sons of Israel shall come, they and the sons of Judah together, going and weeping. They shall go and seek Jehovah their God.

For so says Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek Me, and you shall live.

Gather yourselves together; yea, gather, O nation not desired;

Strive to enter in at the narrow gate. For I say to you, many will seek to enter in and shall not be able.

Rain

Then we shall know, if we follow on to know Jehovah. His going out is prepared as the morning; and He shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.

He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.

and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor dug; but briers and thorns shall come up. And I will command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.

Then He shall give the rain for your seed, with which you sow the ground. And the bread of the produce of the earth also shall be fat and plentiful. In that day your cattle shall feed in large pastures.

For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods on the dry ground. I will pour My spirit on your seed, and My blessing on your offspring;

Drop down from above, O heavens, and let the clouds pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, and let salvation bear fruit; and let righteousness spring up together. I Jehovah have created it.

And I will make them, and the places around My hill, a blessing; and I will bring down the shower in its season. There shall be showers of blessing.

And in those days I will pour out My Spirit upon My slaves and My slave women, and they shall prophesy.

I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.

General references

And another fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth. And it sprang up at once, due to not having deepness of earth.