45 Bible Verses about clouds

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Lamentations 3:44

You covered yourself with a cloud that prayer cannot pierce.

Psalm 108:4

For your gracious love extends to the sky, and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

Psalm 57:10

For your gracious love is great, extending even to the heavens, and your truth even to the skies.

2 Samuel 23:4

He is like dawn's first light, like bright sun blazing on a cloudless morning, glistening on grassland that flourishes after a rain shower.

Deuteronomy 33:26

"There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens with its lofty clouds to help you.

Luke 12:54

Then Jesus told the crowds, "When you see a cloud coming in from the west, you immediately say, "There's going to be a storm,' and that's what happens.

Isaiah 45:8

"Shout, you skies above, and you clouds, and let righteousness stream down. I am the one who says to the earth, "Let salvation blossom, and let righteousness sprout forth.'

Psalm 18:9

He bent the sky and descended, and darkness was under his feet.

Ezekiel 30:3

For comes now the day comes now the Day of the LORD, the day of clouds! The time of the gentiles is fulfilled!

Psalm 68:4

Sing to God! Sing praise to his name! Exalt the one who rides on the clouds. The LORD is his name. Be jubilant in his presence.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If the clouds are full of rain, they will pour out on the earth; if a tree falls toward the south or the north, wherever it falls, there it will lay.

Job 35:5

"Observe the heavens! Take a look around! Look! The clouds are higher than you, aren't they?

Mark 14:62

Jesus said, "I AM, and "you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power' and "coming with the clouds of heaven.'"

Job 37:21

"So then, the sun is too bright to gaze at, is it not? The sky is swept clean by the wind that blows, is it not?

Psalm 105:39

He spread out a cloud for a cover, and fire for light at night.

Isaiah 14:14

I'll ascend above the tops of the clouds; I'll make myself like the Most High.'

Ezekiel 1:28

The appearance of the radiant light resembled that of a rainbow shining in a cloud on a rainy day. This was what the appearance of the form of the glory of the LORD resembled. When I saw all of this, I fell flat on my face. Then I heard a voice speaking.

Numbers 9:17

Whenever the cloud above the tent ascended, the Israelis would travel and encamp in the place where the cloud settled.

Acts 2:19

I will display wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth below: blood, fire, and clouds of smoke.

Revelation 14:14

Then I looked, and there was a white cloud! On the cloud sat someone who was like the Son of Man, with a gold victor's crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

Exodus 24:15

When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it.

Psalm 104:3

He lays the beams of his roof loft on the water above, making clouds his chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

Job 36:32

His hands are covered with lightning that he commands to strike his designated target.

Zephaniah 1:15

That day will be filled with wrath, a day of trouble and tribulation, a day of desolation and devastation, a day of doom and gloom, a day of clouds and shadows,

Proverbs 16:15

When a king is pleased, there is life, and his favor is like a cloud that brings spring rain.

Exodus 14:24

In the morning watch, the LORD looked down on the Egyptian camp through the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw the Egyptian camp into confusion.

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Armies » Compared to » Clouds

Ezekiel 38:9-16

You'll arise suddenly, like a tornado, coming like a windstorm to cover the land, you and all your soldiers with you, along with many nations."'" "This is what the Lord GOD says: "This is what's going to happen on the very day that you begin your invasion: You'll be thinking, making evil plans, and boasting, "I'm going to invade a land comprised of open country that is at rest, its people living confidently, all of whose inhabitants will be living securely, with neither fortification nor bars on their doors. read more.
I'm going to confiscate anything I can put my hands on. I'll attack the restored ruins and the people who have been gathered together from the nations, who are acquiring livestock and other goods, and who live at the center of the world's attention." "Businessmen based in Sheba, Dedan, Tarshish, and all of its growling lions will ask you, "Are you coming for war spoils? Have you assembled your armies to carry off silver and gold, and to gather lots of war booty?"'" "Therefore, Son of Man, prophesy to Gog and tell him, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "When the day comes when my people are living securely, won't you be aware of it? You'll come in from your home in the remotest parts of the north. You'll come with many nations, all of them riding along on horses. You'll be a huge, combined army. You'll come up to invade my people Israel like a storm cloud to cover the land. In the last days, Gog, I'll bring you up to invade my land so that the world will learn to know me when I show them how holy I am before their very eyes."'"

Clouds » Illustrative » Of judgments of God

Ezekiel 34:12

Just as a shepherd looks after his flock during the day time while he is with them, so also I'm going to watch over my sheep, delivering them from every place where they've been scattered during the times of gloom and doom.

Lamentations 2:1

How the Lord in his wrath shamed cherished Zion! He cast down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, He did not remember his footstool in the time of his anger.

Ezekiel 30:3

For comes now the day comes now the Day of the LORD, the day of clouds! The time of the gentiles is fulfilled!

Joel 2:2

A day of doom and gloom, a day of clouds and shadows like the dawn spreads out to cover the mountains a people strong and robust. Never has there been anything like it, neither will anything follow to compare with it, even through the lifetime of generation upon generation."

Clouds » Illustrative » Of hostile armies

Jeremiah 4:13

Look, he comes up like clouds, and his chariots are like a whirlwind. His horses are as swift as eagles. Woe to us we're destroyed!

Ezekiel 38:9

You'll arise suddenly, like a tornado, coming like a windstorm to cover the land, you and all your soldiers with you, along with many nations."'"

Ezekiel 38:16

You'll come up to invade my people Israel like a storm cloud to cover the land. In the last days, Gog, I'll bring you up to invade my land so that the world will learn to know me when I show them how holy I am before their very eyes."'"

Clouds » Illustrative » Of unsearchableness of God

Ezekiel 1:4

I was amazed to see a wind storm blow in from the north, consisting of a massive cloud and fire that was flashing back and forth, surrounded by bright light. From deep within the cloud, something was shining that appeared to have a color like bronze that had been placed in fire until it glowed.

2 Samuel 22:12

The darkness around him was his canopies amassed water was his overhanging clouds!

Clouds » Power and wisdom of God exhibited in forming

Psalm 135:6

The LORD does whatever pleases him in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all its deep regions.

Clouds » Uses of » To give rain

Judges 5:4

LORD, when you left Seir, when you marched out from the grain field of Edom, the earth quaked and the heavens poured out rain; indeed, the clouds poured out water.

Psalm 104:13-14

He waters the mountains from his heavenly rooms; the earth is satisfied from the fruit of your work. He causes grass to sprout for the cattle and plants for people to cultivate, to produce food from the land,

Clouds » Called the » Clouds of heaven

Clouds » Called the » Windows of heaven

Genesis 7:11

On the seventeenth day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, all the springs of the great deep burst open, the floodgates of the heavens were opened,

Isaiah 24:18

Whoever flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit, and whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare. For the windows of judgment from above are opened, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Clouds » Uses of » To supply dew

Proverbs 3:20

By his knowledge the depths broke open, and the clouds drip with dew.

Isaiah 18:4

For this is what the LORD told me: "I will remain quiet and watch in my dwelling place like dazzling heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Bright

Zechariah 10:1

"Ask the LORD for rain in the spring the LORD who fashions lightning thunderstorms, giving rain showers to mankind along with grain in the fields.

Job 37:11

He also loads the clouds with moisture, scattering his lightning with the clouds.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of multitudes of persons

Isaiah 60:8

"Who are these that fly like clouds, and like doves to their windows?

Clouds » Called the » Chambers of God

Psalm 104:3

He lays the beams of his roof loft on the water above, making clouds his chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

Psalm 104:13

He waters the mountains from his heavenly rooms; the earth is satisfied from the fruit of your work.

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

Isaiah 19:1

A message about Egypt: "Watch out! The LORD rides on a swift cloud, and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them.

Psalm 104:3

He lays the beams of his roof loft on the water above, making clouds his chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

Clouds » Power and wisdom of God exhibited in condensing

Job 36:27

He draws up drops of water, distilling it to rain and mist.

Job 37:10-11

From the breath of God ice is produced, and a wide body of water is frozen. He also loads the clouds with moisture, scattering his lightning with the clouds.

Clouds » Often obscure the sun, &c

Job 36:32

His hands are covered with lightning that he commands to strike his designated target.

Ezekiel 32:7

When I extinguish your lights, I'll cover the heavens and darken their stars. I'll cover the sun with a cloud and the moon won't reflect its light.

Clouds » Formed from the sea

1 Kings 18:44

But Elijah told him to go back seven times. On the seventh look, he said, "Look! There's a cloud, a small one, about the size of a man's hand. It's coming up out of the sea!" "Get up and find Ahab!" Elijah said. "Tell him, "Mount your chariot and ride down the mountain so the storm doesn't stop you.'"

Amos 9:6

who is building his stairway to heaven and setting its foundation on earth; who is calling for the waters of the sea and pouring them out over the surface of the land the LORD is his name!

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

Hosea 6:4

"What am I to do with you, Ephraim? What am I to do with you, Judah? Your love is like a morning rain cloud it passes away like the morning dew.

Hosea 13:3

Therefore they will be like morning clouds, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, or like smoke from a chimney."

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Thick

Job 22:14

Thick clouds cover him so he can't see as he walks back and forth at heaven's horizon.

Job 37:11

He also loads the clouds with moisture, scattering his lightning with the clouds.

Clouds » Small » A large amount » Rain

1 Kings 18:44-45

But Elijah told him to go back seven times. On the seventh look, he said, "Look! There's a cloud, a small one, about the size of a man's hand. It's coming up out of the sea!" "Get up and find Ahab!" Elijah said. "Tell him, "Mount your chariot and ride down the mountain so the storm doesn't stop you.'" A little while later, the sky turned black with storm clouds and winds, and there was a heavy shower. So Ahab rode off to Jezreel.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » White

Revelation 14:14

Then I looked, and there was a white cloud! On the cloud sat someone who was like the Son of Man, with a gold victor's crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

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

2 Samuel 23:3-4

The God of Israel has spoken; the Rock of Israel has talked to me. "When one is governing men justly, he fears God while governing. He is like dawn's first light, like bright sun blazing on a cloudless morning, glistening on grassland that flourishes after a rain shower.

Clouds » Frequently the instrument of God's judgments

Genesis 7:11-12

On the seventeenth day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, all the springs of the great deep burst open, the floodgates of the heavens were opened, and it rained throughout the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.

Clouds » The rainbow appears in

Genesis 9:13-14

I've set my rainbow in the sky to symbolize the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow becomes visible in the clouds,

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

Proverbs 16:15

When a king is pleased, there is life, and his favor is like a cloud that brings spring rain.

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

Clouds » Thunder and lightning come from

Psalm 77:17-18

The clouds poured rain; the skies rumbled. Indeed, your lightning bolts flashed. Your thunderous sound was in a whirlwind; your lightning lights up the world; the earth becomes agitated and quakes.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Small

1 Kings 18:44

But Elijah told him to go back seven times. On the seventh look, he said, "Look! There's a cloud, a small one, about the size of a man's hand. It's coming up out of the sea!" "Get up and find Ahab!" Elijah said. "Tell him, "Mount your chariot and ride down the mountain so the storm doesn't stop you.'"

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Black

1 Kings 18:45

A little while later, the sky turned black with storm clouds and winds, and there was a heavy shower. So Ahab rode off to Jezreel.

Clouds » God » Established

Proverbs 8:28

when he made the clouds from above, when the springs of the depths were established,

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

Clouds » Illustrative » Of sins of men

Clouds » God » Brings over the earth

Genesis 9:14

Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow becomes visible in the clouds,

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Great

Ezekiel 1:4

I was amazed to see a wind storm blow in from the north, consisting of a massive cloud and fire that was flashing back and forth, surrounded by bright light. From deep within the cloud, something was shining that appeared to have a color like bronze that had been placed in fire until it glowed.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Swift

Isaiah 19:1

A message about Egypt: "Watch out! The LORD rides on a swift cloud, and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them.

Clouds » Called the » Waters above the firmament

Genesis 1:7

So God made a canopy that separated the water beneath the canopy from the water above it. And that is what happened:

Clouds » Uses of » To moderate heat

Isaiah 25:5

and the noise of foreigners is like the heat of the desert. Just as you subdue heat by the shade of clouds, so the victory songs of violent men will be stilled.

Clouds » Often cover the heavens

Clouds » Made for the glory of God

Psalm 148:4

Praise him, you heaven of heavens, and you waters above the heavens.

Clouds » Often dispersed by the wind

Hosea 13:3

Therefore they will be like morning clouds, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, or like smoke from a chimney."

Clouds » From the west, bring rain

Luke 12:54

Then Jesus told the crowds, "When you see a cloud coming in from the west, you immediately say, "There's going to be a storm,' and that's what happens.

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

Jude 1:12

These people are stains on your love feasts. They feast with you without any sense of awe. They are shepherds who care only for themselves. They are waterless clouds blown about by the winds. They are autumn trees that are fruitless, totally dead, and uprooted.

Clouds » Called the » Dust of God's feet

Nahum 1:3

The LORD is slow to anger and powerful, and he will never let the guilty go unpunished. The LORD's path is in the windstorm and hurricane; thunderclouds are dust beneath his feet.

Clouds » Called the » Bottles of heaven

Job 38:37

Who has the wisdom to be able to count the clouds, or to empty the water jars of heaven,

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the spreading of

Job 36:29

"Furthermore, can anyone understand cloud patterns, or the thundering in his pavilion?

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the disposing of

Job 37:15

Do you know how God ordains them, and makes his lightning to flash throughout his clouds?

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the balancing of

Clouds » Man » Cannot cause to rain

Job 38:34

"Can you call out to the clouds, so that abundant water drenches you?

Clouds » God » Balanced in the air

Clouds » God » Disposed in order

Job 37:15

Do you know how God ordains them, and makes his lightning to flash throughout his clouds?

Clouds » Man » Cannot number

Job 38:37

Who has the wisdom to be able to count the clouds, or to empty the water jars of heaven,

Clouds » Man » Cannot stay

Job 38:37

Who has the wisdom to be able to count the clouds, or to empty the water jars of heaven,

Clouds » God » Scatters

Job 37:11

He also loads the clouds with moisture, scattering his lightning with the clouds.

Clouds » God » Spreads out

Job 26:9

He has enclosed the face of the full moon and spread his clouds over it.

Clouds » God » Binds up

Clouds » Are the garment of the sea

Job 38:9

when I made clouds to be its clothes and thick darkness its swaddling blanket,

Meteorology » Clouds

Psalm 77:17

The clouds poured rain; the skies rumbled. Indeed, your lightning bolts flashed.

Judges 5:4

LORD, when you left Seir, when you marched out from the grain field of Edom, the earth quaked and the heavens poured out rain; indeed, the clouds poured out water.

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