Acts 14:17

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Summary

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 should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

In that

Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

{To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

And gave

Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

Filling

Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

General references

Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.