45 Bible Verses about clouds

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Lamentations 3:44

Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.

Psalm 108:4

For thy lovingkindness is great above the heavens; And thy truth reacheth unto the skies.

Psalm 57:10

For thy lovingkindness is great unto the heavens, And thy truth unto the skies.

2 Samuel 23:4

He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, When the tender grass'springeth out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.

Deuteronomy 33:26

There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help, And in his excellency on the skies.

Luke 12:54

And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass.

Job 37:16

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

Isaiah 45:8

Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.

Psalm 18:9

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.

Ezekiel 30:3

For the day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.

Psalm 68:4

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: Cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; His name is Jehovah; and exult ye before him.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.

Job 35:5

Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

Mark 14:62

And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.

Job 37:21

And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind passeth, and cleareth them.

Psalm 105:39

He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.

Isaiah 14:14

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.

Ezekiel 1:28

As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

Numbers 9:17

And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel encamped.

Job 26:8

He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.

Acts 2:19

And I will show wonders in the heaven above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke:

Revelation 14:14

And I saw, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud I saw one sitting like unto a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand sharp sickle.

Exodus 24:15

And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount.

Psalm 104:3

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; Who maketh the clouds his chariot; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind;

Job 36:32

He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.

Psalm 135:7

Who causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who maketh lightnings for the rain; Who bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries;

Exodus 40:34

Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.

Zephaniah 1:15

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of the king's countenance is life; And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Exodus 14:24

And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Jehovah looked forth upon the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians.

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Armies » Compared to » Clouds

Ezekiel 38:9-16

And thou shalt ascend, thou shalt come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy hordes, and many peoples with thee. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall come to pass in that day, that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt devise an evil device: and thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates; read more.
to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn thy hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and against the people that are gathered out of the nations, that have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the middle of the earth. Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take the spoil? hast thou assembled thy company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil? Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In that day when my people Israel dwelleth securely, shalt thou not know it? And thou shalt come from thy place out of the uttermost parts of the north, thou, and many peoples with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company and a mighty army; and thou shalt come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring thee against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of judgments of God

Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

Lamentations 2:1

How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He hath cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, And hath not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.

Ezekiel 30:3

For the day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.

Joel 2:2

a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of hostile armies

Jeremiah 4:13

Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots'shall be as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are ruined.

Ezekiel 38:9

And thou shalt ascend, thou shalt come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy hordes, and many peoples with thee.

Ezekiel 38:16

and thou shalt come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring thee against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of unsearchableness of God

Ezekiel 1:4

And I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire infolding itself, and a brightness round about it, and out of the midst thereof as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.

2 Samuel 22:12

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Clouds » Power and wisdom of God exhibited in forming

Psalm 135:6

Whatsoever Jehovah pleased, that hath he done, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;

Clouds » Uses of » To give rain

Judges 5:4

Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.

Psalm 104:13-14

He watereth the mountains from his chambers: The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works. He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,

Clouds » Called the » Clouds of heaven

Clouds » Called the » Windows of heaven

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Isaiah 24:18

And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

Clouds » Uses of » To supply dew

Proverbs 3:20

By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.

Isaiah 18:4

For thus hath Jehovah said unto me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Bright

Zechariah 10:1

Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, even of Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

Job 37:11

Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:

Clouds » Illustrative » Of multitudes of persons

Isaiah 60:8

Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

Clouds » Called the » Chambers of God

Psalm 104:3

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; Who maketh the clouds his chariot; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind;

Psalm 104:13

He watereth the mountains from his chambers: The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.

Clouds » Illustrative » (riding upon,) of the power and greatness of God

Isaiah 19:1

The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

Psalm 104:3

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; Who maketh the clouds his chariot; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind;

Clouds » Power and wisdom of God exhibited in condensing

Job 36:27

For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,

Job 37:10-11

By the breath of God ice is given; And the breadth of the waters is straitened. Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:

Clouds » Often obscure the sun, &c

Job 36:32

He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.

Ezekiel 32:7

And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

Clouds » Formed from the sea

1 Kings 18:44

And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Make ready thy chariot , and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

Amos 9:6

it is he that buildeth his chambers in the heavens, and hath founded his vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name.

Clouds » Illustrative » (passing away,) of the goodness and prosperity of hypocrites

Hosea 6:4

O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.

Hosea 13:3

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Thick

Job 22:14

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.

Job 37:11

Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:

Clouds » Small » A large amount » Rain

1 Kings 18:44-45

And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Make ready thy chariot , and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. And it came to pass in a little while, that the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel:

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » White

Revelation 14:14

And I saw, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud I saw one sitting like unto a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand sharp sickle.

Clouds » Illustrative » (a morning without,) of wise rulers

2 Samuel 23:3-4

The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God, He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, When the tender grass'springeth out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.

Clouds » Frequently the instrument of God's judgments

Genesis 7:11-12

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Clouds » The rainbow appears in

Genesis 9:13-14

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,

Clouds » Illustrative » (when seasonable,) of the favor of good rulers

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of the king's countenance is life; And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Clouds » Illustrative » (without rain,) of the fraudulent

Clouds » Thunder and lightning come from

Psalm 77:17-18

The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad. The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Small

1 Kings 18:44

And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Make ready thy chariot , and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Black

1 Kings 18:45

And it came to pass in a little while, that the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel:

Clouds » God » Established

Proverbs 8:28

When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,

Clouds » Illustrative » (carried away by a tempest,) of false teachers

Clouds » Illustrative » Of sins of men

Isaiah 44:22

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

Clouds » God » Brings over the earth

Genesis 9:14

And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Great

Ezekiel 1:4

And I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire infolding itself, and a brightness round about it, and out of the midst thereof as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Swift

Isaiah 19:1

The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

Clouds » Called the » Waters above the firmament

Genesis 1:7

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Clouds » Uses of » To moderate heat

Isaiah 25:5

As the heat in a dry place wilt thou bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the terrible ones shall be brought low.

Clouds » Often cover the heavens

Clouds » Made for the glory of God

Psalm 148:4

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.

Clouds » Often dispersed by the wind

Hosea 13:3

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

Clouds » From the west, bring rain

Luke 12:54

And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass.

Clouds » Illustrative » (without water,) of false teachers

Jude 1:12

These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Clouds » Called the » Dust of God's feet

Nahum 1:3

Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty : Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Clouds » Called the » Bottles of heaven

Job 38:37

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the spreading of

Job 36:29

Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the disposing of

Job 37:15

Dost thou know how God layeth his charge upon them, And causeth the lightning of his cloud to shine?

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the balancing of

Job 37:16

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

Clouds » Man » Cannot cause to rain

Job 38:34

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?

Clouds » God » Balanced in the air

Job 37:16

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

Clouds » God » Disposed in order

Job 37:15

Dost thou know how God layeth his charge upon them, And causeth the lightning of his cloud to shine?

Clouds » Man » Cannot number

Job 38:37

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

Clouds » Man » Cannot stay

Job 38:37

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

Clouds » God » Scatters

Job 37:11

Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:

Clouds » God » Spreads out

Job 26:9

He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.

Clouds » God » Binds up

Job 26:8

He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.

Clouds » Are the garment of the sea

Job 38:9

When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

Meteorology » Clouds

Psalm 77:17

The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad.

Judges 5:4

Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.

Job 37:16

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

Job 26:8

He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.

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