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Hosea 11:4

I led them with cords of kindness,

with ropes of love;

I lifted the yoke from their necks

and bent down to feed them.

Hosea 11:4 BSB

Hosea 11:4 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 12:32 (11 votes) and Leviticus 26:13 (10 votes). 7 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Exodus 16 to 2 Corinthians 5.

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Which verses does Hosea 11:4 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. John 12:3211 votes

    And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.”

  2. Leviticus 26:1310 votes

    I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.

  3. 2 Corinthians 5:148 votes

    For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

  4. Jeremiah 31:2–36 votes

    This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.” The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.

  5. Isaiah 63:95 votes

    In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

  6. 2 Samuel 7:144 votes

    I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

  7. Psalm 78:23–254 votes

    Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens. He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. …

  8. Hosea 2:84 votes

    For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.

  9. Psalm 105:403 votes

    They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

  10. Song of Solomon 1:43 votes

    Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

  11. John 6:32–583 votes
  12. Exodus 16:322 votes

Which verses point to Hosea 11:4?

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