Hosea 2:19

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“So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.”

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BSBPD

“So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And I have betrothed thee to Me to the age, And betrothed thee to Me in righteousness, And in judgment, and kindness, and mercies,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hosea 2:19 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 85:10Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.
  2. Isaiah 1:27Zion will be redeemed with justice, her repentant ones with righteousness.
  3. Isaiah 45:23By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.
  4. Isaiah 54:5For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
  5. Isaiah 54:8In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
  6. Isaiah 54:14In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
  7. Isaiah 62:3You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.
  8. Jeremiah 3:14“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.
  9. Jeremiah 4:2and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”
  10. Jeremiah 31:31Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
  11. Jeremiah 32:38They will be My people, and I will be their God.
  12. Ezekiel 37:25They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.
  13. Ezekiel 39:29And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
  14. Hosea 14:4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
  15. Joel 3:20But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
  16. Zechariah 13:2And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
  17. John 3:29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
  18. Romans 3:25God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
  19. Romans 7:4Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
  20. 2 Corinthians 11:2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
  21. Ephesians 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
  22. Ephesians 5:23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
  23. Revelation 19:7Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
  24. Revelation 21:2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

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