The Old Testament
| Book | Chapter | Verse | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hosea | 2 | (19) And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. | |
| Hosea | 2 | (20) I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. | |
| Hosea | 2 | (21) And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; | |
| Hosea | 2 | (22) And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. | |
| Hosea | 2 | (23) And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God. | |
| Hosea | 3 | (1) THEN SAID the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. | |
| Hosea | 3 | (2) So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: | |
| Hosea | 3 | (3) And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee. | |
| Hosea | 3 | (4) For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: | |
| Hosea | 3 | (5) Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days. | |
| Hosea | 4 | (1) HEAR THE word of the LORD, ye children of Israel; for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. | |
| Hosea | 4 | (2) By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. | |
| Hosea | 4 | (3) Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. | |
| Hosea | 4 | (4) Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. | |
| Hosea | 4 | (5) Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. | |
| Hosea | 4 | (6) My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. | |
| Hosea | 4 | (7) As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. | |
| Hosea | 4 | (8) They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. | |
| Hosea | 4 | (9) And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. | |
| Hosea | 4 | (10) For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD. | |