Genesis 7:4
For in seven days I am going to cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and I will destroy (blot out, wipe away) every living thing that I have made from the surface of the earth.”
Genesis 6:17
For behold, I, even I, will bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all life under the heavens in which there is the breath and spirit of life; everything that is on the land shall die.
Genesis 7:12
It rained on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
Genesis 7:17
The flood [the great downpour of rain] was forty days and nights on the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it floated [high] above the land.
Genesis 6:7
So the Lord said, “I will destroy (annihilate) mankind whom I have created from the surface of the earth—not only man, but the animals and the crawling things and the birds of the air—because it [deeply] grieves Me [to see mankind’s sin] and I regret that I have made them.”
Genesis 6:13
God said to Noah, “I intend to make an end of all that lives, for through men the land is filled with violence; and behold, I am about to
Genesis 7:10
And after the seven days [God released the rain and] the floodwaters came on the earth.
Job 37:11-12
“He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
He disperses the cloud of His lightning.
Genesis 2:5
no shrub or plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to
Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive and remain with man forever, because he is indeed flesh [sinful, corrupt—given over to sensual appetites]; nevertheless his days shall yet be
Genesis 7:21-23
All living beings that moved on the earth perished—birds and cattle (domestic animals), [wild] animals, all things that swarm and crawl on the earth, and all mankind.
Genesis 8:10
He waited another seven days and again sent the dove out from the ark.
Genesis 8:12
Then he waited another seven days and sent out the dove, but she did not return to him again.
Genesis 29:27-28
Finish the week [of the wedding feast] for Leah; then we will give you Rachel also, and in return you shall work for me for seven more years.”
Exodus 32:32-33
Yet now, if You will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of Your book which You have written (kill me)!”
Job 22:16
Men who were snatched away before their time,
Whose foundations were poured out like a river?
Job 28:25
“When He gave weight and pressure to the wind
And allotted the waters by measure,
Job 36:27-32
“For He draws up the drops of water,
They distill rain from the mist,
Psalm 69:28
May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end]
And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God).
Amos 4:7
“Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you
When there were still three months until the harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city,
And on another city I would not send rain;
One piece of ground was rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.
Revelation 3:5
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“When He gave weight and pressure to the wind
And allotted the waters by measure,
“For He draws up the drops of water,
They distill rain from the mist,
“He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
He disperses the cloud of His lightning.
“Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you
When there were still three months until the harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city,
And on another city I would not send rain;
One piece of ground was rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.