Thursday, February 4, 2010

Hosea 10:12

"Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers righteousness on you."

Sow for yourselves
Ecclesiastes 11:1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.

righteousness
Proverbs 11:18 The wicked man earns deceptive wages, but he who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
James 3:18 Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.

and break up your unplowed ground
Jeremiah 4:3 This is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: "Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns."

for it is time to seek the LORD
Isaiah 19:22 The LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; he will strike them and heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them.
Hosea 12:6 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.

until he comes and showers righteousness on you
Isaiah 45:8 "You heavens above, rain down righteousness; let the clouds shower it down. Let the earth open wide, let salvation spring up, let righteousness grow with it; I, the LORD, have created it."

Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®, Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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