Quotes about Love
In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’
— Hosea 2:16
So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
— Hosea 2:19
And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
— Hosea 2:23
Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.”
— Hosea 3:1
Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.
— Hosea 9:1
All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.
— Hosea 9:15
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
— Hosea 11:1
It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them in My arms, but they never realized that it was I who healed them.
— Hosea 11:3
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
How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
— Hosea 11:8
I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath.
— Hosea 11:9
But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.
— Hosea 12:6