Verse 12

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.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 4:3-4 : 3 ¶ For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench [it], because of the evil of your doings.
  • Prov 11:18 : 18 ¶ The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.
  • Hos 6:3 : 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.
  • Isa 45:8 : 8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
  • Jas 3:18 : 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
  • Isa 55:6 : 6 ¶ Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
  • Hos 8:7 : 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
  • Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
  • Jer 29:12-14 : 12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
  • Jer 50:4 : 4 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
  • Ezek 34:26 : 26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
  • Hos 12:6 : 6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
  • Amos 5:4 : 4 ¶ For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
  • Amos 5:6 : 6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour [it], and [there be] none to quench [it] in Bethel.
  • Amos 5:8 : 8 [Seek him] that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name:
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
  • Zeph 2:1-3 : 1 ¶ Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; 2 Before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you. 3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 ‹Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.›
  • Acts 2:18 : 18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
  • 1 Cor 3:6-7 : 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
  • Ps 72:6 : 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.
  • Ps 105:4 : 4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
  • Ps 126:5-6 : 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves [with him].
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 ¶ Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both [shall be] alike good.
  • Isa 5:6 : 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
  • Isa 30:23 : 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
  • Isa 31:1 : 1 ¶ Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
  • Isa 32:20 : 20 Blessed [are] ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth [thither] the feet of the ox and the ass.