44 Bible Verses about clouds

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Lamentations 3:44

Covering yourself with a cloud, so that prayer may not get through.

Psalm 57:10

For your mercy is great, stretching up to the heavens, and your righteousness goes up to the clouds.

2 Samuel 23:4

It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth

Deuteronomy 33:26

No other is like the God of Jeshurun, coming on the heavens to your help, and letting his glory be seen in the skies.

Luke 12:54

Then he said to the people, When you see a cloud coming up in the west, straight away you say, There will be rain; and so it is.

Isaiah 45:8

Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about.

Psalm 18:9

The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

Ezekiel 30:3

For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near, a day of cloud; it will be the time of the nations.

Psalm 68:4

Make songs to God, make songs of praise to his name; make a way for him who comes through the waste lands; his name is Jah; be glad before him.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If the clouds are full of rain, they send it down on the earth; and if a tree comes down to the south, or the north, in whatever place it comes down, there it will be.

Job 35:5

Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.

Matthew 24:30

And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in heaven: and then all the nations of the earth will have sorrow, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Mark 14:62

And Jesus said, I am: and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.

Job 37:21

And now the light is not seen, for it is dark because of the clouds; but a wind comes, clearing them away.

Psalm 105:39

A cloud was stretched over them for a cover; and he sent fire to give light in the night.

Proverbs 25:14

As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given.

Ezekiel 1:28

Like the bow in the cloud on a day of rain, so was the light shining round him. And this is what the glory of the Lord was like. And when I saw it I went down on my face, and the voice of one talking came to my ears.

Numbers 9:17

And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the House, then the children of Israel went journeying on; and in the place where the cloud came to rest, there the children of Israel put up their tents.

Job 26:8

By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

Revelation 14:14

And I saw a white cloud, and on the cloud I saw one seated, like a son of man, having on his head a crown of gold, and in his hand a sharp curved blade.

Exodus 24:15

And Moses went up into the mountain, and it was covered by the cloud.

Psalm 104:3

The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:

Job 36:32

He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.

Psalm 135:7

He makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes thunder-flames for the rain; he sends out the winds from his store-houses.

Exodus 40:34

Then the cloud came down covering the Tent of meeting, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord;

Zephaniah 1:15

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and sorrow, a day of wasting and destruction, a day of dark night and deep shade, a day of cloud and thick dark.

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of the king's face there is life; and his approval is like a cloud of spring rain.

Exodus 14:24

And in the morning watch, the Lord, looking out on the armies of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, sent trouble on the army of the Egyptians;

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Armies » Compared to » Clouds

Ezekiel 38:9-16

And you will go up, you will come like a storm, you will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your forces, and a great number of peoples with you. This is what the Lord has said: In that day it will come about that things will come into your mind, and you will have thoughts of an evil design: And you will say, I will go up to the land of small unwalled towns; I will go to those who are quiet, living, all of them, without fear of danger, without walls or locks or doors: read more.
To take their property by force and go off with their goods; turning your hand against the waste places which now are peopled, and against the people who have been got together out of the nations, who have got cattle and goods for themselves, who are living in the middle of the earth. Sheba, and Dedan and her traders, Tarshish with all her traders, will say to you, Have you come to take our goods? have you got your armies together to take away our property by force? to take away silver and gold, cattle and goods, to go off with great wealth? For this cause, son of man, be a prophet and say to Gog, These are the words of the Lord: In that day, when my people Israel are living without fear of danger, will you not be moved against them? And you will come from your place in the inmost parts of the north, you and a great number of peoples with you, all of them on horseback, a great force and a strong army: And you will come up against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land; and it will come about, in the last days, that I will make you come against my land, so that the nations may have knowledge of me when I make myself holy in you, O Gog, before their eyes.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of judgments of God

Ezekiel 34:12

As the keeper goes looking for his flock when he is among his wandering sheep, so I will go looking for my sheep, and will get them safely out of all the places where they have been sent wandering in the day of clouds and black night.

Lamentations 2:1

How has the daughter of Zion been covered with a cloud by the Lord in his wrath! he has sent down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, and has not kept in memory the resting-place of his feet in the day of his wrath.

Ezekiel 30:3

For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near, a day of cloud; it will be the time of the nations.

Joel 2:2

For a day of dark and deep shade is near, a day of cloud and black night: like a black cloud a great and strong people is covering the mountains; there has never been any like them and will not be after them again, from generation to generation.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of hostile armies

Jeremiah 4:13

See, he will come up like the clouds, and his war-carriages like the storm-wind: his horses are quicker than eagles. Sorrow is ours, for destruction has come on us.

Ezekiel 38:9

And you will go up, you will come like a storm, you will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your forces, and a great number of peoples with you.

Ezekiel 38:16

And you will come up against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land; and it will come about, in the last days, that I will make you come against my land, so that the nations may have knowledge of me when I make myself holy in you, O Gog, before their eyes.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of unsearchableness of God

Ezekiel 1:4

And, looking, I saw a storm-wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with flames of fire coming after one another, and a bright light shining round about it and in the heart of it was something coloured like electrum.

2 Samuel 22:12

And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Clouds » Power and wisdom of God exhibited in forming

Psalm 135:6

The Lord has done whatever was pleasing to him, in heaven, and on the earth, in the seas and in all the deep waters.

Clouds » Uses of » To give rain

Judges 5:4

Lord, when you went out from Seir, moving like an army from the field of Edom, the earth was shaking and the heavens were troubled, and the clouds were dropping water.

Psalm 104:13-14

He sends down rain from his store-houses on the hills: the earth is full of the fruit of his works. He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth;

Clouds » Called the » Clouds of heaven

Matthew 24:30

And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in heaven: and then all the nations of the earth will have sorrow, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

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, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;

Isaiah 24:18

And it will be that he who goes in flight from the sound of fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for the windows on high are open, and the bases of the earth are shaking.

Clouds » Uses of » To supply dew

Proverbs 3:20

By his knowledge the deep was parted, and dew came dropping from the skies.

Isaiah 18:4

For this is what the Lord has said to me: I will be quiet, watching from my place; like the clear heat when the sun is shining, like a mist of dew in the heat of summer.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Bright

Zechariah 10:1

Make your request to the Lord for rain in the time of the spring rains, even to the Lord who makes the thunder-flames; and he will give them showers of rain, to every man grass in the field.

Job 37:11

The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;

Clouds » Illustrative » Of multitudes of persons

Isaiah 60:8

Who are these coming like a cloud, like a flight of doves to their windows?

Clouds » Called the » Chambers of God

Psalm 104:3

The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:

Psalm 104:13

He sends down rain from his store-houses on the hills: the earth is full of the fruit of his works.

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

Isaiah 19:1

The word about Egypt. See, the Lord is seated on a quick-moving cloud, and is coming to Egypt: and the false gods of Egypt will be troubled at his coming, and the heart of Egypt will be turned to water.

Psalm 104:3

The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:

Clouds » Power and wisdom of God exhibited in condensing

Job 36:27

For he takes up the drops from the sea; he sends them through his mist as rain,

Job 37:10-11

By the breath of God ice is made, and the wide waters are shut in. The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;

Clouds » Often obscure the sun, &c

Job 36:32

He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.

Ezekiel 32:7

And when I put out your life, the heaven will be covered and its stars made dark; I will let the sun be covered with a cloud and the moon will not give her light.

Clouds » Formed from the sea

1 Kings 18:44

And the seventh time he said, I see a cloud coming up out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. Then he said, Go up and say to Ahab, Get your carriage ready and go down or the rain will keep you back.

Amos 9:6

It is he who makes his rooms in the heaven, basing his arch on the earth; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, and sends them flowing over the face of the earth; the Lord is his name.

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

Hosea 6:4

O Ephraim, what am I to do to you? O Judah, what am I to do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew which goes early away.

Hosea 13:3

So they will be like the morning cloud, like the dew which goes early away, like the dust of the grain which the wind is driving out of the crushing-floor, like smoke going up from the fireplace.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Thick

Job 22:14

Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.

Job 37:11

The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;

Clouds » Small » A large amount » Rain

1 Kings 18:44-45

And the seventh time he said, I see a cloud coming up out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. Then he said, Go up and say to Ahab, Get your carriage ready and go down or the rain will keep you back. And after a very little time, the heaven became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab went in his carriage to Jezreel.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » White

Revelation 14:14

And I saw a white cloud, and on the cloud I saw one seated, like a son of man, having on his head a crown of gold, and in his hand a sharp curved blade.

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

2 Samuel 23:3-4

The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God, It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth

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, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open; And rain came down on the earth for forty days and forty nights.

Clouds » The rainbow appears in

Genesis 9:13-14

I will put my bow in the cloud and it will be for a sign of the agreement between me and the earth. And whenever I make a cloud come over the earth, the bow will 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 face there is life; and his approval is like a cloud of spring rain.

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

Proverbs 25:14

As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given.

Clouds » Thunder and lightning come from

Psalm 77:17-18

The clouds sent out water; the skies gave out a sound; truly, your arrows went far and wide. The voice of your thunder went rolling on; the world was flaming with the light of the storm; the earth was shaking.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Small

1 Kings 18:44

And the seventh time he said, I see a cloud coming up out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. Then he said, Go up and say to Ahab, Get your carriage ready and go down or the rain will keep you back.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Black

1 Kings 18:45

And after a very little time, the heaven became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab went in his carriage to Jezreel.

Clouds » God » Established

Proverbs 8:28

When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed:

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

Clouds » Illustrative » Of sins of men

Isaiah 44:22

I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause.

Clouds » God » Brings over the earth

Genesis 9:14

And whenever I make a cloud come over the earth, the bow will be seen in the cloud,

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Great

Ezekiel 1:4

And, looking, I saw a storm-wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with flames of fire coming after one another, and a bright light shining round about it and in the heart of it was something coloured like electrum.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Swift

Isaiah 19:1

The word about Egypt. See, the Lord is seated on a quick-moving cloud, and is coming to Egypt: and the false gods of Egypt will be troubled at his coming, and the heart of Egypt will be turned to water.

Clouds » Called the » Waters above the firmament

Genesis 1:7

And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.

Clouds » Uses of » To moderate heat

Isaiah 25:5

As heat by the shade of a cloud, the noise of the men of pride has been made quiet by you; as heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the cruel ones has been stopped.

Clouds » Often cover the heavens

Clouds » Made for the glory of God

Psalm 148:4

Give praise to him, you highest heavens, and you waters which are over the heavens.

Clouds » Often dispersed by the wind

Hosea 13:3

So they will be like the morning cloud, like the dew which goes early away, like the dust of the grain which the wind is driving out of the crushing-floor, like smoke going up from the fireplace.

Clouds » From the west, bring rain

Luke 12:54

Then he said to the people, When you see a cloud coming up in the west, straight away you say, There will be rain; and so it is.

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

Jude 1:12

These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots,

Clouds » Called the » Dust of God's feet

Nahum 1:3

The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Clouds » Called the » Bottles of heaven

Job 38:37

By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the spreading of

Job 36:29

And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the disposing of

Job 37:15

Have you knowledge of God's ordering of his works, how he makes the light of his cloud to be seen?

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the balancing of

Clouds » Man » Cannot cause to rain

Job 38:34

Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?

Clouds » God » Balanced in the air

Clouds » God » Disposed in order

Job 37:15

Have you knowledge of God's ordering of his works, how he makes the light of his cloud to be seen?

Clouds » Man » Cannot number

Job 38:37

By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,

Clouds » Man » Cannot stay

Job 38:37

By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,

Clouds » God » Scatters

Job 37:11

The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;

Clouds » God » Spreads out

Job 26:9

By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.

Clouds » God » Binds up

Job 26:8

By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

Clouds » Are the garment of the sea

Job 38:9

When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,

Meteorology » Clouds

Psalm 77:17

The clouds sent out water; the skies gave out a sound; truly, your arrows went far and wide.

Judges 5:4

Lord, when you went out from Seir, moving like an army from the field of Edom, the earth was shaking and the heavens were troubled, and the clouds were dropping water.

Job 26:8

By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

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