Hosea 14:2

The people are told to come to God with words of confession, asking forgiveness and offering praise as their sacrifice. It teaches that true repentance brings heartfelt prayer rather than mere ritual.

Cross-references · 29

• Heb 13:15Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.
• Ps 51:2–10Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.
• Job 34:31–32“For has any said to God, ‘I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.
• Job 7:21Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.”
• Mic 7:18–19Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
• 1 Jn 3:5You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.
• Ps 69:30–31I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
• Joel 2:17Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, “Spare your people, Yahweh, and don’t give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
• 2 Sam 12:13David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” Nathan said to David, “Yahweh also has put away your sin. You will not die.
• Zech 3:4He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, “Take the filthy garments off of him.” To him he said, “Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich clothing.”
• 1 Pet 2:5You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
• Heb 10:4For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
• 2 Tim 1:9who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
• Luke 18:13But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
• Ezek 36:25–26I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
• 2 Sam 24:10David’s heart struck him after he had counted the people. David said to Yahweh, “I have sinned greatly in that which I have done. But now, Yahweh, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.”
• Eph 2:7–8that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
• Eph 1:6–7to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,
• 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
• Luke 11:13If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
• Matt 6:9–13Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
• Rom 11:27This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins.”
• John 1:29The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
• Matt 7:11If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
• Luke 15:21–24The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
• Isa 6:7He touched my mouth with it, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.”
• Luke 11:2–4He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
• Titus 2:14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
• 1 Jn 1:7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

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