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 will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.

Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.

Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.

Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who set free the foot of the ox and the donkey.

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

Time

Seek the LORD and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, and they do not seek the LORD.

Seek the LORD while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:

You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

In those days, and in that time,' says the LORD, 'the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek the LORD their God.

For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: "Seek me, and you will live;

Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame,

"Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

Rain

Let us acknowledge the LORD. Let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, The LORD will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth."

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

I will lay it a wasteland. It won't be pruned nor hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it."

He will give the rain for your seed, with which you will sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground will be rich and plentiful. In that day, your livestock will feed in large pastures.

For I will pour water upon the thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring:

Distil, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. I, the LORD, have created it.

I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.

Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.

I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.

General references

And others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.