Acts 14:17

NASB

Acts 14:17

and yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”

Deuteronomy 11:14

that He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early and late rain, that you may gather in your grain and your new wine and your oil.

Job 5:10

“He gives rain on the earth
And sends water on the fields,

Romans 1:19-20

because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them.

Leviticus 26:4

then I shall give you rains in their season, so that the land will yield its produce and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.

The Lord will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.

Deuteronomy 8:12-14

otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them,

1 Kings 18:1

Now it happened after many days that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the face of the earth.”

Nehemiah 9:25

“They captured fortified cities and a fertile land.
They took possession of houses full of every good thing,
Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,
Fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate, were filled and grew fat,
And reveled in Your great goodness.

Job 37:6

“For to the snow He says, ‘Fall on the earth,’
And to the downpour and the rain, ‘Be strong.’

Job 38:26-28

To bring rain on a land without people,
On a desert without a man in it,

Psalm 19:1-4

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
The heavens are telling of the glory of God;
And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.

Psalm 36:5-7

Your lovingkindness, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

Psalm 52:1

For the choir director. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

Psalm 65:9-13

You visit the earth and cause it to overflow;
You greatly enrich it;
The stream of God is full of water;
You prepare their grain, for thus You prepare the earth.

Psalm 68:9-10

You shed abroad a plentiful rain, O God;
You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched.

Psalm 104:24-28

O Lord, how many are Your works!
In wisdom You have made them all;
The earth is full of Your possessions.

Psalm 145:9

The Lord is good to all,
And His mercies are over all His works.

Psalm 145:15-16

The eyes of all look to You,
And You give them their food in due time.

Psalm 147:7-8

Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
Sing praises to our God on the lyre,

Isaiah 5:6

“I will lay it waste;
It will not be pruned or hoed,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also charge the clouds to rain no rain on it.”

Isaiah 22:13

Instead, there is gaiety and gladness,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

Jeremiah 5:24

‘They do not say in their heart,
“Let us now fear the Lord our God,
Who gives rain in its season,
Both the autumn rain and the spring rain,
Who keeps for us
The appointed weeks of the harvest.”

Jeremiah 14:22

Are there any among the idols of the nations who give rain?
Or can the heavens grant showers?
Is it not You, O Lord our God?
Therefore we hope in You,
For You are the one who has done all these things.

Ezekiel 34:26

I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. And I will cause showers to come down in their season; they will be showers of blessing.

Joel 2:23

So rejoice, O sons of Zion,
And be glad in the Lord your God;
For He has given you the early rain for your vindication.
And He has poured down for you the rain,
The early and latter rain as before.

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.

Acts 17:27-28

that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;

1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.

James 5:17-18

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

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Summary

Acts 14:17

Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

He left

Acts 17:27

Psalm 19:1

Romans 1:19

In that

Luke 6:35

And gave

Filling

General references

Isaiah 40:21

James 5:18

Bible References

He left

that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
The heavens are telling of the glory of God;
And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.

because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them.

In that

Your lovingkindness, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

O Lord, how many are Your works!

In wisdom You have made them all;

The earth is full of Your possessions.

The Lord is good to all,
And His mercies are over all His works.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.

And gave

then I shall give you rains in their season, so that the land will yield its produce and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.

that

He will give the rain for your land in its season, the

early and late rain, that you may gather in your grain and your new wine and your oil.

Now it happened after many days that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the face of the earth.”

“He gives rain on the earth
And sends water on the fields,

“For to the snow He says, ‘Fall on the earth,’
And to the

downpour and the rain, ‘Be strong.’

To bring rain on a land without people,
On a desert without a man in it,

You visit the earth and cause it to overflow;
You greatly enrich it;
The

stream of God is full of water;

You prepare their grain, for thus You prepare the earth.

You shed abroad a plentiful rain, O God;
You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched.

Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;

Sing praises to our God on the lyre,

“I will lay it waste;
It will not be pruned or hoed,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also charge the clouds to rain no rain on it.”

‘They do not say in their heart,
“Let us now fear the Lord our God,
Who gives rain in its season,
Both the autumn rain and the spring rain,
Who keeps for us
The appointed weeks of the harvest.”

Are there any among the

idols of the nations who give rain?

Or can the heavens grant showers?
Is it not You, O Lord our God?
Therefore we

hope in You,

For You are the one who has done all these things.

so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

Filling

otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them,

“They captured fortified cities and a

fertile land.

They took possession of houses full of every good thing,
Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,
Fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate, were filled and grew fat,
And reveled in Your great goodness.

Instead, there is gaiety and gladness,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.

General references

Do you not know? Have you not heard?

Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.