Hosea 6:3

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Hosea 6:3

Let us strive to know the Lord.
His appearance is as sure as the dawn.
He will come to us like the rain,
like the spring showers that water the land.

Psalm 72:6

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

Proverbs 2:1-5

My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,

and many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us about His ways
so we may walk in His paths.”
For instruction will go out of Zion
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Acts 17:11

The people here were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, since they welcomed the message with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Philippians 3:13-15

Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead,

Deuteronomy 32:2

Let my teaching fall like rain
and my word settle like dew,
like gentle rain on new grass
and showers on tender plants.

2 Samuel 23:4

is like the morning light when the sun rises
on a cloudless morning,
the glisten of rain on sprouting grass.”

Job 29:23

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

Psalm 19:4

Their message has gone out to all the earth,
and their words to the ends of the world.

In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.

Psalm 65:9

You visit the earth and water it abundantly,
enriching it greatly.
God’s stream is filled with water,
for You prepare the earth in this way,
providing people with grain.

Proverbs 4:18

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Isaiah 5:6

I will make it a wasteland.
It will not be pruned or weeded;
thorns and briers will grow up.
I will also give orders to the clouds
that rain should not fall on it.

Isaiah 32:15

until the Spirit from heaven is poured out on us.
Then the desert will become an orchard,
and the orchard will seem like a forest.

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water on the thirsty land
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants
and My blessing on your offspring.

Isaiah 54:13

Then all your children will be taught by the Lord,
their prosperity will be great,

Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am Yahweh. They will be My people, and I will be their God because they will return to Me with all their heart.

Ezekiel 36:25

I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

Hosea 2:20

I will take you to be My wife in faithfulness,
and you will know Yahweh.

Hosea 10:12

Sow righteousness for yourselves
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.

Hosea 14:5

I will be like the dew to Israel;
he will blossom like the lily
and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Joel 2:23-24

Children of Zion, rejoice and be glad
in the Lord your God,
because He gives you the autumn rain
for your vindication.
He sends showers for you,
both autumn and spring rain as before.

Micah 5:2

Bethlehem Ephrathah,
you are small among the clans of Judah;
One will come from you
to be ruler over Israel for Me.
His origin is from antiquity,
from eternity.

Micah 5:7

Then the remnant of Jacob
will be among many peoples
like dew from the Lord,
like showers on the grass,
which do not wait for anyone
or linger for mankind.

Zechariah 10:1

Ask the Lord for rain
in the season of spring rain.
The Lord makes the rain clouds,
and He will give them showers of rain
and crops in the field for everyone.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall.

Matthew 13:11

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

Luke 1:78

Because of our God’s merciful compassion,
the Dawn from on high will visit us

John 7:17

If anyone wants to do His will, he will understand whether the teaching is from God or if I am speaking on My own.

John 17:3

This is eternal life:
that they may know You, the only true God,
and the One You have sent—Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 3:14

For we have become companions of the Messiah if we hold firmly until the end the reality that we had at the start.

2 Peter 1:19

So we have the prophetic word strongly confirmed. You will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dismal place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Revelation 22:16

“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to attest these things to you for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright Morning Star.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Hosea 6:3

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

We know

John 17:3

If

His going

Revelation 22:16

As the rain

General references

Bible References

We know

I will take you to be My wife in faithfulness,
and you will know Yahweh.

Then all your children will be taught by the Lord,
their prosperity will be great,

I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am Yahweh. They will be My people, and I will be their God because they will return to Me with all their heart.

This is eternal life:
that they may know You, the only true God,
and the One You have sent—Jesus Christ.

If

My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,

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

If anyone wants to do His will, he will understand whether the teaching is from God or if I am speaking on My own.

The people here were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, since they welcomed the message with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead,

For we have become companions of the Messiah if we hold firmly until the end the reality that we had at the start.

His going

is like the morning light when the sun rises
on a cloudless morning,
the glisten of rain on sprouting grass.”

Their message has gone out to all the earth,
and their words to the ends of the world.

In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday.

But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall.

Because of our God’s merciful compassion,
the Dawn from on high will visit us

So we have the prophetic word strongly confirmed. You will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dismal place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to attest these things to you for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright Morning Star.”

As the rain

Sow righteousness for yourselves
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord

until He comes and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.