45 Bible Verses about clouds

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Lamentations 3:44

You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.

Psalm 108:4

For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

Psalm 57:10

For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, and your truth to the skies.

2 Samuel 23:4

shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.'

Deuteronomy 33:26

"There is none like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, In his excellency on the skies.

Luke 12:54

He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.

Isaiah 45:8

Distil, you 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 with it. I, Yahweh, have created it.

Psalm 18:9

He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.

Ezekiel 30:3

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

Psalm 68:4

Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: to Yah, his name! Rejoice before him!

Ecclesiastes 11:3

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

Job 35:5

Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.

Mark 14:62

Jesus said, "I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky."

Job 37:21

Now men don't see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.

Psalm 105:39

He spread a cloud for a covering, 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 rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.

Numbers 9:17

Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel traveled; and in the place where the cloud remained, there the children of Israel encamped.

Acts 2:19

I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.

Revelation 14:14

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

Exodus 24:15

Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

Psalm 104:3

He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.

Job 36:32

He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.

Psalm 135:7

who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; who makes lightnings with the rain; who brings forth the wind out of his treasuries;

Exodus 40:34

Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tabernacle.

Zephaniah 1:15

That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of the king's face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.

Exodus 14:24

It happened in the morning watch, that Yahweh looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army.

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Armies » Compared to » Clouds

Ezekiel 38:9-16

You shall ascend, you shall come like a storm, you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you, and all your hordes, and many peoples with you. Thus says the Lord Yahweh: It shall happen in that day, that things shall come into your mind, and you shall devise an evil device: and you shall say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to those who are at rest, who 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 your hand against the waste places that are [now] inhabited, and against the people who are gathered out of the nations, who have gotten livestock and goods, who dwell in the middle of the earth. Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions of it, shall tell you, Have you come to take the spoil? have you assembled your company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great spoil? Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and tell Gog, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In that day when my people Israel dwells securely, shall you not know it? You shall come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you, and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army; and you shall come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in you, Gog, before their eyes.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of judgments of God

Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd seeks 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 where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

Lamentations 2:1

How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty of Israel, And hasn't remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.

Ezekiel 30:3

For the day is near, even the day of Yahweh 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 spreading on the mountains, a great and strong people; there has never been the like, neither will there 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 to us! For we are ruined.

Ezekiel 38:9

You shall ascend, you shall come like a storm, you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you, and all your hordes, and many peoples with you.

Ezekiel 38:16

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

Clouds » Illustrative » Of unsearchableness of God

Ezekiel 1:4

I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of its midst as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.

2 Samuel 22:12

He made darkness pavilions around himself: gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

Clouds » Power and wisdom of God exhibited in forming

Psalm 135:6

Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;

Clouds » Uses of » To give rain

Judges 5:4

"Yahweh, when you went forth out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.

Psalm 104:13-14

He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works. He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, 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 all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.

Isaiah 24:18

It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit will 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 Yahweh said to me, "I will be still, and I will see 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 of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.

Job 37:11

Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of multitudes of persons

Isaiah 60:8

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

Clouds » Called the » Chambers of God

Psalm 104:3

He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.

Psalm 104:13

He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.

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

Isaiah 19:1

The burden of Egypt: "Behold, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.

Psalm 104:3

He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.

Clouds » Power and wisdom of God exhibited in condensing

Job 36:27

For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,

Job 37:10-11

By the breath of God, ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is frozen. Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.

Clouds » Often obscure the sun, &c

Job 36:32

He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.

Ezekiel 32:7

When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars 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

It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, "Go up, tell Ahab, 'Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn't stop you.'"

Amos 9:6

It is he who builds his rooms in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth; Yahweh is his name.

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

Hosea 6:4

"Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.

Hosea 13:3

Therefore they will be like the morning mist, and like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like 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 doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'

Job 37:11

Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.

Clouds » Small » A large amount » Rain

1 Kings 18:44-45

It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, "Go up, tell Ahab, 'Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn't stop you.'" It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » White

Revelation 14:14

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

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

2 Samuel 23:3-4

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, 'One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God, shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs 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 all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened. The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

Clouds » The rainbow appears in

Genesis 9:13-14

I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth. It will happen, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow 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 is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring 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 resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around. The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Small

1 Kings 18:44

It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, "Go up, tell Ahab, 'Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn't stop you.'"

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Black

1 Kings 18:45

It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

Clouds » God » Established

Proverbs 8:28

when he established the clouds above, when the springs 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, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Clouds » God » Brings over the earth

Genesis 9:14

It will happen, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Great

Ezekiel 1:4

I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of its midst 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, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.

Clouds » Called the » Waters above the firmament

Genesis 1:7

God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

Clouds » Uses of » To moderate heat

Isaiah 25:5

As the heat in a dry place will you bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the dreaded ones will be brought low.

Clouds » Often cover the heavens

Clouds » Made for the glory of God

Psalm 148:4

Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.

Clouds » Often dispersed by the wind

Hosea 13:3

Therefore they will be like the morning mist, and like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the chimney.

Clouds » From the west, bring rain

Luke 12:54

He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.

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

Jude 1:12

These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who 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

Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has 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 the sky,

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the spreading of

Job 36:29

Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunderings of his pavilion?

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the disposing of

Job 37:15

Do you know how God controls them, and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the balancing of

Clouds » Man » Cannot cause to rain

Job 38:34

"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?

Clouds » God » Balanced in the air

Clouds » God » Disposed in order

Job 37:15

Do you know how God controls them, and causes 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 the sky,

Clouds » Man » Cannot stay

Job 38:37

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

Clouds » God » Scatters

Job 37:11

Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.

Clouds » God » Spreads out

Job 26:9

He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.

Clouds » God » Binds up

Clouds » Are the garment of the sea

Job 38:9

when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,

Meteorology » Clouds

Psalm 77:17

The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.

Judges 5:4

"Yahweh, when you went forth out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.

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