Hosea 6

King James Version · 11 verses · 430 cross-references linking it to 256 other chapters

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1Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.74 cross-references: Deuteronomy 32:39, Job 5:18, 1 Samuel 2:6, Lamentations 3:40–41, Hosea 14:4
2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.34 cross-references: 2 Kings 20:5, Ezekiel 37:11–13, 1 Corinthians 15:4, Isaiah 26:19, Hosea 13:14
3Then 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.79 cross-references: Hosea 14:5, Jeremiah 24:7, Psalms 72:6, Philippians 3:13–15, Proverbs 2:1–5
4O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.44 cross-references: Hosea 13:3, Hosea 11:8, Psalms 78:34–37, Matthew 13:21, Luke 13:7–9
5Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.46 cross-references: Jeremiah 23:29, Jeremiah 1:10, Jeremiah 5:14, Hebrews 4:12, Romans 2:5
6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.43 cross-references: Matthew 9:13, Matthew 12:7, Proverbs 21:3, 1 Samuel 15:22, Amos 5:21
7But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.36 cross-references: Hosea 8:1, Hosea 5:7, Job 31:33, Jeremiah 9:6, Genesis 3:11
8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.17 cross-references: Hosea 12:11, Matthew 26:15–16, 1 Kings 2:5, 2 Samuel 20:8, Psalms 59:2
9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.26 cross-references: Zephaniah 3:3, Hosea 5:1, Hosea 7:1, Ezekiel 22:9, Jeremiah 7:9–10
10I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.19 cross-references: Hosea 5:3, Jeremiah 23:14, Jeremiah 5:30–31, Hosea 4:11, 1 Kings 12:8
11Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.12 cross-references: Joel 3:13, Jeremiah 51:33, Job 42:10, Revelation 14:15, Psalms 126:1

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Mercy, not sacrifice Hosea 6:6 and Matthew 9:13
Hosea says God wants steadfast love more than sacrifices. When Pharisees object to Jesus eating with tax collectors, he tells them to go and learn what this means: he came to call sinners.
Mercy and the Sabbath Hosea 6:6 and Matthew 12:7
Jesus uses Hosea 6:6 again to defend his hungry disciples picking grain on the Sabbath. Matthew alone records both uses, showing it as a key to Jesus' reading of the law.

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