Hosea 6:3 Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like t...

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Parallel Verses

New International Version - Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.”
新标点和合本 - 我们务要认识耶和华，竭力追求认识他。他出现确如晨光；他必临到我们像甘雨，像滋润田地的春雨。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我们要认识，要追求认识耶和华。他如黎明必然出现，他必临到我们像甘霖，像滋润土地的春雨。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我们要认识，要追求认识耶和华。他如黎明必然出现，他必临到我们像甘霖，像滋润土地的春雨。
当代译本 - 让我们认识耶和华，竭力认识耶和华！祂如曙光一样必然出现，祂必像甘霖一样临到我们，又如滋润大地的春雨。”
圣经新译本 - 让我们认识，竭力追求认识耶和华。他必定出现，像晨光一样，他必临到我们，如雨水一般，又像滋润大地的春雨。
现代标点和合本 - 我们务要认识耶和华，竭力追求认识他。他出现确如晨光，他必临到我们像甘雨，像滋润田地的春雨。
和合本（拼音版） - 我们务要认识耶和华，竭力追求认识他；他出现确如晨光，他必临到我们像甘雨，像滋润田地的春雨。
New International Reader's Version - Let’s recognize him as the Lord. Let’s keep trying to know him. You can be sure the sun will rise. And you can be just as sure the Lord will appear. He will come to renew us like the winter rains. He will be like the spring rains that water the earth.”
English Standard Version - Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”
New Living Translation - Oh, that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.”
Christian Standard Bible - Let’s 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.
New American Standard Bible - So let’s learn, let’s press on to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, As the spring rain waters the earth.”
New King James Version - Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth.
Amplified Bible - So let us know and become personally acquainted with Him; let us press on to know and understand fully the [greatness of the] Lord [to honor, heed, and deeply cherish Him]. His appearing is prepared and is as certain as the dawn, And He will come to us [in salvation] like the [heavy] rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth.”
American Standard Version - And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.”
World English Bible - Let’s acknowledge Yahweh. Let’s press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
新標點和合本 - 我們務要認識耶和華，竭力追求認識他。他出現確如晨光；他必臨到我們像甘雨，像滋潤田地的春雨。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我們要認識，要追求認識耶和華。他如黎明必然出現，他必臨到我們像甘霖，像滋潤土地的春雨。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我們要認識，要追求認識耶和華。他如黎明必然出現，他必臨到我們像甘霖，像滋潤土地的春雨。
當代譯本 - 讓我們認識耶和華，竭力認識耶和華！祂如曙光一樣必然出現，祂必像甘霖一樣臨到我們，又如滋潤大地的春雨。」
聖經新譯本 - 讓我們認識，竭力追求認識耶和華。他必定出現，像晨光一樣，他必臨到我們，如雨水一般，又像滋潤大地的春雨。
呂振中譯本 - 我們來認識永恆主吧，竭力追求認識他；他出來、像晨曦之必現；他必臨到我們像霖雨，像春雨滋潤着大地。』
現代標點和合本 - 我們務要認識耶和華，竭力追求認識他。他出現確如晨光，他必臨到我們像甘雨，像滋潤田地的春雨。
文理和合譯本 - 我儕當識耶和華、黽勉而識之、其見也、若晨光之準、其臨也、若甘雨、若潤土之春雨、○
文理委辦譯本 - 我必黽勉以從耶和華之道、彼之祐我、若晨光之朗耀、若春雨之潤澤。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我儕當識主、當勉力識主、主必顯祐、如晨光之出、必臨我若雨、若時雨滋潤土壤、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Conozcamos al Señor; vayamos tras su conocimiento. Tan cierto como que sale el sol, él habrá de manifestarse; vendrá a nosotros como la lluvia de invierno, como la lluvia de primavera que riega la tierra.
현대인의 성경 - 그러므로 여호와를 알자. 힘써 여호와를 알자. 그의 나타나심은 동이 트는 것처럼 확실하다. 비와 같이, 땅을 적시는 봄비같이 그가 우리에게 나오실 것이다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Узнаем же Господа, будем стремиться узнать Его. То, что Он придет, верно как и то, что взойдет солнце. Он придет к нам, как дождь, подобно весенним дождям, что орошают землю».
Восточный перевод - Узнаем же Вечного, будем стремиться узнать Его. То, что Он придёт, верно, как и то, что взойдёт солнце. Он явится нам, как дождь, как весенний дождь, что орошает землю».
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Узнаем же Вечного, будем стремиться узнать Его. То, что Он придёт, верно, как и то, что взойдёт солнце. Он явится нам, как дождь, как весенний дождь, что орошает землю».
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Узнаем же Вечного, будем стремиться узнать Его. То, что Он придёт, верно, как и то, что взойдёт солнце. Он явится нам, как дождь, как весенний дождь, что орошает землю».
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Oui, cherchons à connaître l’Eternel, ╵efforçons-nous de le connaître. Sa venue est aussi certaine ╵que celle de l’aurore, et il viendra vers nous ╵comme la pluie, comme les ondées du printemps ╵qui arrosent la terre.
リビングバイブル - ああ、主を知りたい。さらに主を求めよう。そうすれば、必ず夜明けが訪れ、早春の雨期がくるように、必ず答えてくださる。』
Nova Versão Internacional - Conheçamos o Senhor; esforcemo-nos por conhecê-lo. Tão certo como nasce o sol, ele aparecerá; virá para nós como as chuvas de inverno, como as chuvas de primavera que regam a terra.”
Hoffnung für alle - Alles wollen wir tun, um ihn, den Herrn, zu erkennen! So sicher, wie morgens die Sonne aufgeht und im Herbst und Frühjahr der Regen die Erde tränkt, so gewiss wird er kommen und uns helfen.‹
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ôi, chúng ta hãy nhận biết Chúa Hằng Hữu! Chúng ta hãy cố nhận biết Ngài. Chắc chắn Ngài sẽ đáp ứng chúng ta như hừng đông sẽ đến sau đêm tối, như mưa móc sẽ rơi xuống đầu mùa xuân.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ให้เรายอมรับรู้องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ให้เราบากบั่นต่อไปเพื่อรู้จักพระองค์ ตราบเท่าที่ดวงตะวันขึ้นจากฟ้าฉันใด พระองค์จะทรงปรากฏพระองค์ฉันนั้น พระองค์จะเสด็จมาหาเราเหมือนฝนในฤดูหนาว เหมือนฝนในฤดูใบไม้ผลิที่รดผืนแผ่นดิน”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พวกเรายอมรับเถิด พวกเรามุมานะที่จะยอมรับพระผู้เป็นเจ้าต่อไปเถิด พระองค์จะปรากฏอย่างแน่นอนดั่งอรุณรุ่ง พระองค์จะมาหาพวกเราเหมือนสายฝนหลั่ง เหมือนฝนในฤดูใบไม้ผลิที่โปรยปรายลงสู่พื้นดิน”

Cross Reference

John 7:17 - Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.
John 17:3 - Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
2 Samuel 23:4 - he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings grass from the earth.’
Job 29:23 - They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.
Joel 2:23 - Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
Joel 2:24 - The threshing floors will be filled with grain; the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
Proverbs 4:18 - The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
Isaiah 54:13 - All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great will be their peace.
Isaiah 5:6 - I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”
Micah 5:2 - “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
Micah 5:7 - The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for anyone or depend on man.
Psalm 19:4 - Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
Ezekiel 36:25 - I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.
Revelation 22:16 - “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”
Hebrews 3:14 - We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.
Zechariah 10:1 - Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime; it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms. He gives showers of rain to all people, and plants of the field to everyone.
Hosea 2:20 - I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the Lord.
Psalm 65:9 - You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have ordained it.
Micah 4:2 - Many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Malachi 4:2 - But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.
Isaiah 32:15 - till the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest.
Hosea 10:12 - Sow righteousness for yourselves, 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 his righteousness on you.
Deuteronomy 32:2 - Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.
Luke 1:78 - because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
Jeremiah 24:7 - I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.
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 offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.
Matthew 13:11 - He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
2 Peter 1:19 - We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
Acts 17:11 - Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
Philippians 3:13 - Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
Philippians 3:14 - I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:15 - All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.
Proverbs 2:1 - My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,
Proverbs 2:2 - turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—
Proverbs 2:3 - indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,
Proverbs 2:4 - and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
Proverbs 2:5 - then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
Hosea 14:5 - I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots;
Psalm 72:6 - May he be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth.

Parallel Verses

Cross Reference

New International Version - Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.”
新标点和合本 - 我们务要认识耶和华，竭力追求认识他。他出现确如晨光；他必临到我们像甘雨，像滋润田地的春雨。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我们要认识，要追求认识耶和华。他如黎明必然出现，他必临到我们像甘霖，像滋润土地的春雨。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我们要认识，要追求认识耶和华。他如黎明必然出现，他必临到我们像甘霖，像滋润土地的春雨。
当代译本 - 让我们认识耶和华，竭力认识耶和华！祂如曙光一样必然出现，祂必像甘霖一样临到我们，又如滋润大地的春雨。”
圣经新译本 - 让我们认识，竭力追求认识耶和华。他必定出现，像晨光一样，他必临到我们，如雨水一般，又像滋润大地的春雨。
现代标点和合本 - 我们务要认识耶和华，竭力追求认识他。他出现确如晨光，他必临到我们像甘雨，像滋润田地的春雨。
和合本（拼音版） - 我们务要认识耶和华，竭力追求认识他；他出现确如晨光，他必临到我们像甘雨，像滋润田地的春雨。
New International Reader's Version - Let’s recognize him as the Lord. Let’s keep trying to know him. You can be sure the sun will rise. And you can be just as sure the Lord will appear. He will come to renew us like the winter rains. He will be like the spring rains that water the earth.”
English Standard Version - Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”
New Living Translation - Oh, that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.”
Christian Standard Bible - Let’s 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.
New American Standard Bible - So let’s learn, let’s press on to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, As the spring rain waters the earth.”
New King James Version - Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth.
Amplified Bible - So let us know and become personally acquainted with Him; let us press on to know and understand fully the [greatness of the] Lord [to honor, heed, and deeply cherish Him]. His appearing is prepared and is as certain as the dawn, And He will come to us [in salvation] like the [heavy] rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth.”
American Standard Version - And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.”
World English Bible - Let’s acknowledge Yahweh. Let’s press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
新標點和合本 - 我們務要認識耶和華，竭力追求認識他。他出現確如晨光；他必臨到我們像甘雨，像滋潤田地的春雨。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我們要認識，要追求認識耶和華。他如黎明必然出現，他必臨到我們像甘霖，像滋潤土地的春雨。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我們要認識，要追求認識耶和華。他如黎明必然出現，他必臨到我們像甘霖，像滋潤土地的春雨。
當代譯本 - 讓我們認識耶和華，竭力認識耶和華！祂如曙光一樣必然出現，祂必像甘霖一樣臨到我們，又如滋潤大地的春雨。」
聖經新譯本 - 讓我們認識，竭力追求認識耶和華。他必定出現，像晨光一樣，他必臨到我們，如雨水一般，又像滋潤大地的春雨。
呂振中譯本 - 我們來認識永恆主吧，竭力追求認識他；他出來、像晨曦之必現；他必臨到我們像霖雨，像春雨滋潤着大地。』
現代標點和合本 - 我們務要認識耶和華，竭力追求認識他。他出現確如晨光，他必臨到我們像甘雨，像滋潤田地的春雨。
文理和合譯本 - 我儕當識耶和華、黽勉而識之、其見也、若晨光之準、其臨也、若甘雨、若潤土之春雨、○
文理委辦譯本 - 我必黽勉以從耶和華之道、彼之祐我、若晨光之朗耀、若春雨之潤澤。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我儕當識主、當勉力識主、主必顯祐、如晨光之出、必臨我若雨、若時雨滋潤土壤、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Conozcamos al Señor; vayamos tras su conocimiento. Tan cierto como que sale el sol, él habrá de manifestarse; vendrá a nosotros como la lluvia de invierno, como la lluvia de primavera que riega la tierra.
현대인의 성경 - 그러므로 여호와를 알자. 힘써 여호와를 알자. 그의 나타나심은 동이 트는 것처럼 확실하다. 비와 같이, 땅을 적시는 봄비같이 그가 우리에게 나오실 것이다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Узнаем же Господа, будем стремиться узнать Его. То, что Он придет, верно как и то, что взойдет солнце. Он придет к нам, как дождь, подобно весенним дождям, что орошают землю».
Восточный перевод - Узнаем же Вечного, будем стремиться узнать Его. То, что Он придёт, верно, как и то, что взойдёт солнце. Он явится нам, как дождь, как весенний дождь, что орошает землю».
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Узнаем же Вечного, будем стремиться узнать Его. То, что Он придёт, верно, как и то, что взойдёт солнце. Он явится нам, как дождь, как весенний дождь, что орошает землю».
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Узнаем же Вечного, будем стремиться узнать Его. То, что Он придёт, верно, как и то, что взойдёт солнце. Он явится нам, как дождь, как весенний дождь, что орошает землю».
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Oui, cherchons à connaître l’Eternel, ╵efforçons-nous de le connaître. Sa venue est aussi certaine ╵que celle de l’aurore, et il viendra vers nous ╵comme la pluie, comme les ondées du printemps ╵qui arrosent la terre.
リビングバイブル - ああ、主を知りたい。さらに主を求めよう。そうすれば、必ず夜明けが訪れ、早春の雨期がくるように、必ず答えてくださる。』
Nova Versão Internacional - Conheçamos o Senhor; esforcemo-nos por conhecê-lo. Tão certo como nasce o sol, ele aparecerá; virá para nós como as chuvas de inverno, como as chuvas de primavera que regam a terra.”
Hoffnung für alle - Alles wollen wir tun, um ihn, den Herrn, zu erkennen! So sicher, wie morgens die Sonne aufgeht und im Herbst und Frühjahr der Regen die Erde tränkt, so gewiss wird er kommen und uns helfen.‹
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ôi, chúng ta hãy nhận biết Chúa Hằng Hữu! Chúng ta hãy cố nhận biết Ngài. Chắc chắn Ngài sẽ đáp ứng chúng ta như hừng đông sẽ đến sau đêm tối, như mưa móc sẽ rơi xuống đầu mùa xuân.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ให้เรายอมรับรู้องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ให้เราบากบั่นต่อไปเพื่อรู้จักพระองค์ ตราบเท่าที่ดวงตะวันขึ้นจากฟ้าฉันใด พระองค์จะทรงปรากฏพระองค์ฉันนั้น พระองค์จะเสด็จมาหาเราเหมือนฝนในฤดูหนาว เหมือนฝนในฤดูใบไม้ผลิที่รดผืนแผ่นดิน”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พวกเรายอมรับเถิด พวกเรามุมานะที่จะยอมรับพระผู้เป็นเจ้าต่อไปเถิด พระองค์จะปรากฏอย่างแน่นอนดั่งอรุณรุ่ง พระองค์จะมาหาพวกเราเหมือนสายฝนหลั่ง เหมือนฝนในฤดูใบไม้ผลิที่โปรยปรายลงสู่พื้นดิน”

John 7:17 - Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.
John 17:3 - Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
2 Samuel 23:4 - he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings grass from the earth.’
Job 29:23 - They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.
Joel 2:23 - Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
Joel 2:24 - The threshing floors will be filled with grain; the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
Proverbs 4:18 - The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
Isaiah 54:13 - All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great will be their peace.
Isaiah 5:6 - I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”
Micah 5:2 - “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
Micah 5:7 - The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for anyone or depend on man.
Psalm 19:4 - Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
Ezekiel 36:25 - I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.
Revelation 22:16 - “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”
Hebrews 3:14 - We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.
Zechariah 10:1 - Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime; it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms. He gives showers of rain to all people, and plants of the field to everyone.
Hosea 2:20 - I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the Lord.
Psalm 65:9 - You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have ordained it.
Micah 4:2 - Many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Malachi 4:2 - But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.
Isaiah 32:15 - till the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest.
Hosea 10:12 - Sow righteousness for yourselves, 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 his righteousness on you.
Deuteronomy 32:2 - Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.
Luke 1:78 - because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
Jeremiah 24:7 - I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.
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 offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.
Matthew 13:11 - He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
2 Peter 1:19 - We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
Acts 17:11 - Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
Philippians 3:13 - Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
Philippians 3:14 - I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:15 - All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.
Proverbs 2:1 - My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,
Proverbs 2:2 - turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—
Proverbs 2:3 - indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,
Proverbs 2:4 - and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
Proverbs 2:5 - then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
Hosea 14:5 - I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots;
Psalm 72:6 - May he be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth.