Hosea 2:20
And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”
BSB
ASV
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know Jehovah.
KJV
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.
In faithfulness - Thou shalt no more prostitute thyself to idols, but be faithful to him who calls himself thy husband. Thou shalt know the Lord - There shall be no more infidelity on thy part nor divorce on mine; and thou shalt experience me to be the sole, present, and eternal good of thy immortal spirit: and when this conviction is fully rooted then there can be no more idolatry, for it shall be seen that an idol is nothing in the world.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
leads to
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son…
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
Through
Colossians 1:10so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
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As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Through
1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son…
leads to
Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
