47 Bible Verses about Weather, God's Sovereignty Over

{When he gave} weight to the wind and he apportioned [the] waters by measure, {when he made} a rule for the rain and a way for [the] thunder's lightning bolt, then he saw it and talked about it; he established it, and moreover, he explored it.

And he said to them, "Why are you fearful, [you] of little faith?" Then he got up [and] rebuked the winds and the sea and there was a great calm. And the men were astonished, saying, "What sort of [man] is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?"

And he woke up [and] rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Be quiet! Be silent!" And the wind abated and there was a great calm. And he said to them, "Why are you fearful? Do you not yet have faith?" And {they were terribly frightened} and began to say to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

And they came [and] woke him up, saying, "Master, master! We are perishing!" So he got up [and] rebuked the wind and the billowing waves of water and they ceased, and it became calm. And he said to them, "Where [is] your faith?" But they were afraid [and] were astonished, saying to one another, "Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water and they obey him?"

the one who is giving rain on [the] {surface of} [the] earth and is sending water on [the] {surface of} [the] fields,

[He] ties up [the] water in its clouds, and [the] cloud is not torn open beneath it. [He] covers [the] face of [the] full moon; [he] spreads his cloud over it.

"About this also my heart trembles, and it leaps from its place. Listen carefully to his voice's thunder and [the] rumbling [that] goes out from his mouth. He lets it loose under all the heavens, and his lightning to the earth's corners.read more.
After it, his voice roars; it thunders {with his majestic voice}, and he does not restrain it when his voice is heard. "God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things, and we cannot comprehend. For to the snow he says, 'Fall [on the] earth'; and {the shower of rain, his heavy shower of rain}-- {he stops all human beings from working} {so that everyone whom he has made may know it}. Then [the] animal goes into [its] den, and it remains in its den. "[The] storm wind comes from its chamber and cold from [the] north wind. By God's breath, ice is given, and [the] broad waters [are] frozen. Also, he loads down thick clouds with moisture; his lightning scatters [the] clouds. And {they} turn around by his guidance to accomplish all that he has commanded them on [the] face of {the habitable world}. Whether as {correction} or for his land, or as loyal love, he lets it happen. "Hear this, Job; stand [still] and consider carefully God's wondrous works. Do you know {how God commands them} and [how] he causes his cloud's lightning to shine? Do you know about the hovering of the clouds, {the marvelous works of the one with perfect knowledge}? [You] whose garments [are] hot, when [the] earth is being still because of [the] south wind, with him can you spread out [the] skies, hard as a molten mirror?

[He] causes clouds to rise from the edge of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain; [he] brings out [the] wind from his storehouses.

who covers [the] heavens with clouds, who provides rain for the earth, who causes grass to grow on the mountains.

fire and hail, snow and cloud, stormy wind doing his bidding,

{When he utters his voice} [there is] a noise of water in the heavens, and he causes [the] mist to rise from [the] ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he causes [the] wind to go out from his storehouses.

Yahweh in wisdom founded the earth; he established the heavens in understanding. With his knowledge, depths broke open, and clouds dropped dew.

The wind blows wherever it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."

"Look, God [is] exalted, and we do not know [him]; the number of his years is unsearchable. Indeed, he draws up [the] drops of water; he distills [the] rain into its mist, which [the] clouds pour down; they shower abundantly on human beings.read more.
"Moreover, {can anyone understand} [the] spreading of clouds, [the] thundering of his dwelling place? Look, he scatters his lightning around him, and he covers the roots of the sea. Indeed, he judges people by them; he gives food {in abundance}. He covers [his] hands [with] lightning, and he commands it the place at [which] to strike. His thundering tells about him; [the] livestock also [tell] {concerning what rises}.

Have you entered into [the] storehouses of [the] snow, or have you seen [the] storehouses of [the] hail, which I have reserved for [the] time of trouble, for [the] day of battle and war? Where then [is] the way [where] [the] light is distributed, [where] he scatters [the] east wind upon [the] earth?read more.
"Who has cut open a channel for the torrents and a way for [the] {thunder bolts}, to bring rain on a land {where no one lives}, a desert {where no humans live}, to satisfy desert and wasteland, and to cause [the ground] to put forth [the] rising of grass? Is there a father for the rain, or who fathered [the] drops of dew? From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who fathered [the] frost of heaven? Like stone [the] waters become hard, and [the] faces of the deep freeze.

then I will give you rains in their time, and the land shall give its produce, and the trees of the field shall give their fruit.

For the fact is [that] the land {that you are about to go into} to take possession of it [is] not like the land of Egypt, [from] which you have {come out of}, where you sow your seed and you give water by [your] foot, {as in a vegetable garden}. But the land that you [are] about to cross into to take possession of it [is] a land of hills and valleys, [and] by the rain of the heaven it drinks water, a land that Yahweh your God [is] caring for it; continually the eyes of Yahweh your God [are] on it, from the beginning of the year up to the end of [the] year.read more.
"And it will happen [that] if you listen carefully to my commandments that I [am] commanding you {today}, to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him with all [of] your heart and with all [of] your soul, then 'I will send the rain for your land in its season, early rain and later rain, and you will gather your grain and your wine and your olive oil. And I will give vegetation in your field for your livestock, and {you will eat your fill}.'

Yahweh shall open for you his {rich} storehouse, [even] the heavens, to give the rain for your land in its time and to bless all of the work of your hand, and you will lend to many nations; you will not borrow [from them].

And they do not say in their hearts, 'Let us fear please Yahweh our God, the [one who] gives [the] autumn rain and [the] spring rain in its season, {the set times of the harvest} he keeps for us.'

Let us know, let us press on to know Yahweh; his rising [is] sure like [the] dawn. He will come like the showers to us, like [the] spring rain that waters [the] earth.

{As long as the earth endures}, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will not cease.

in order that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven, because he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust.

And yet he did not leave himself without witness [by] doing good, giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying [you] with food and your hearts with gladness."

And when I make clouds appear over the earth the bow shall be seen in the clouds. Then I will remember my covenant that [is] between me and you, and between every living creature, with all flesh. And the waters of a flood will never again {cause the destruction} of all flesh. The bow shall be in the clouds, and I will see it, so as to remember [the] everlasting covenant between God and between every living creature, with all flesh that [is] upon the earth."

And of Joseph he said, "Blessed by Yahweh [is] his land, with the choice things of heaven, with dew, and with the deep lying down beneath, and with [the] choice things of [the] fruits of the [the] sun, and with the choice things of [the] yield of [the] {seasons},

O God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through [the] desert, Selah [the] earth shook; [the] heavens also dripped [rain] at the presence of God who [was] at Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel. You caused abundant rain to fall, O God. When your inheritance was weary you revived it.

And he will give rain for your seed [with] which you sow the ground, and grain, the produce of the ground, and it will be rich and {fertile}. On that day, your cattle will graze [in] broad pastures;

They shall not be hungry or thirsty, and heat and sun shall not strike them, for he who takes pity on them will lead them, and he will guide them to springs of water.

Be glad, children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in Yahweh your God, because he has given for you the autumn rains for [your] righteousness, and he has {poured down} for you rainwater, [the] autumn and spring rains, as before.

Ask rain from Yahweh in the season of [the] spring rain-- Yahweh, who makes storm clouds, and he gives showers of rain to them, to everyone vegetation in the field.

And Yahweh hurled a great wind upon the sea, and it was a great storm on the sea, and the merchant ship {was in danger of breaking up}.

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh moved the sea with a strong east wind all night, and he made the sea [become] dry ground, and the waters were divided.

Then a wind set out from Yahweh, and it drove quails from the west, and he spread [them] out on the camp about a day's journey on one side and about a day's journey on the other, all around the camp, about two cubits on the surface of the land.

He caused [the] east wind to blow in the heavens and drove along [the] south wind by his strength.

{And when the sun rose}, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head and he grew faint. {And he asked that he could die} and said, "My death [is] better than my life!"

Elijah was a human being with the same nature as us, and {he prayed fervently} for [it] not to rain, and it did not rain on the land [for] three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the earth produced its fruit.

[Is] the wheat harvest not today? I will call out to Yahweh so that he still sends thunder and rain, so that you will know and will see that your wickedness [is] great that you have done in the eyes of Yahweh by asking for a king for yourselves." So Samuel called out to Yahweh, and Yahweh brought thunder and rain that [same] day, so all the people feared Yahweh and Samuel greatly.

When you shut up the heavens so there is no rain because they have sinned against you, then they pray to this place and they confess your name and they return from their sin because you punished them, then you shall hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants and your people Israel, for you will teach them the good way in which they should go, and you will give rain upon your land which you have given to your people as an inheritance.

"When the heavens are stopped up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you and they pray to this place and confess your name and turn back from their sin when you humble them, then may you yourself hear from the heavens and forgive the sin of your servants and your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and give rain upon your land that you have given to your people as an inheritance.

Then Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for [there is] the sound of the noise of rain." So Ahab went up to eat and to drink while Elijah went to the top of Carmel, bent down to the earth, and put his face between his knees. Then he said to his servant, "Please go [and] look in the direction of [the] sea." So he went up and looked; then he said, "There is nothing." Then he said, "Go back," seven times.read more.
It happened that at the seventh time, he said, "Look, there is a small cloud, as [the] hand of a man, coming up from the sea." Then [Elijah] said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Harness [your horses] and go down, lest the rain stop you.'"

[There] I was, during the day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

And the local inhabitants showed {extraordinary} kindness to us, for they lit a fire [and] welcomed us all, because of the rain that had begun and because of the cold.

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month on the twentieth day of the month. All the people sat in the public square of the house of God trembling because of this matter and from the rains.

While this one was still speaking, {another} came and said, "The fire of God fell from the heavens, and it blazed up against the sheep and goats and against the servants, and it consumed them. But I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."

saying, 'These last [people] worked one hour and you made them equal to us who have endured the burden of the day and the burning heat!'

(Now the slaves and the officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire because it was cold, and they were warming themselves. And Peter was also standing there with them and warming himself.)

And [when] the ship was caught and [was] not able to head into the wind, we gave way [and] were driven [along].