Acts 14:17

Mistaken For Gods In Lystra

¹⁶ In past generations He allowed all the nations to go their own way, ¹⁷ although He did not leave Himself without a witness, since He did what is good by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons and satisfying your hearts with food and happiness.” ¹⁸ Even though they said these things, they barely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them.

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Deuteronomy 11:14

I will provide rain for your land in the proper time, the autumn and spring rains, and you will harvest your grain, new wine, and oil.

Job 5:10

He gives rain to the earth
and sends water to the fields.

Romans 1:19-20

since what can be known about God is evident among them, because God has shown it to them.

Leviticus 26:4

I will give you rain at the right time, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.

Deuteronomy 28:12

The Lord will open for you His abundant storehouse, the sky, to give your land rain in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.

Deuteronomy 8:12-14

When you eat and are full, and build beautiful houses to live in,

1 Kings 18:1

After a long time, the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year: “Go and present yourself to Ahab. I will send rain on the surface of the land.”

Nehemiah 9:25

They captured fortified cities and fertile land
and took possession of well-supplied houses,
cisterns cut out of rock, vineyards,
olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance.
They ate, were filled,
became prosperous, and delighted in Your great goodness.

Job 37:6

For He says to the snow, “Fall to the earth,”
and the torrential rains, His mighty torrential rains,

Job 38:26-28

to bring rain on an uninhabited land,
on a desert with no human life,

Psalm 19:1-4

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky proclaims the work of His hands.

Psalm 36:5-7

Lord, Your faithful love reaches to heaven,
Your faithfulness to the clouds.

Psalm 52:1

For the choir director. A Davidic Maskil. When Doeg the Edomite went and reported to Saul, telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”Why brag about evil, you hero!
God’s faithful love is constant.

Psalm 65:9-13

You visit the earth and water it abundantly,
enriching it greatly.
God’s stream is filled with water,
for You prepare the earth in this way,
providing people with grain.

Psalm 68:9-10

You, God, showered abundant rain;
You revived Your inheritance when it languished.

Psalm 104:24-28

How countless are Your works, Lord!
In wisdom You have made them all;
the earth is full of Your creatures.

Psalm 145:9

The Lord is good to everyone;
His compassion rests on all He has made.

Psalm 145:15-16

All eyes look to You,
and You give them their food at the proper time.

Psalm 147:7-8

Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
play the lyre to our God,

Isaiah 5:6

I will make it a wasteland.
It will not be pruned or weeded;
thorns and briers will grow up.
I will also give orders to the clouds
that rain should not fall on it.

Isaiah 22:13

But look: joy and gladness,
butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep,
eating of meat, and drinking of wine—
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

Jeremiah 5:24

They have not said to themselves,
‘Let’s fear the Lord our God,
who gives the rain, both early and late, in its season,
who guarantees to us the fixed weeks of the harvest.’

Jeremiah 14:22

Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain?
Or can the skies alone give showers?
Are You not the Lord our God?
We therefore put our hope in You,
for You have done all these things.

Ezekiel 34:26

I will make them and the area around My hill a blessing: I will send down showers in their season—showers of blessing.

Joel 2:23

Children of Zion, rejoice and be glad
in the Lord your God,
because He gives you the autumn rain
for your vindication.
He sends showers for you,
both autumn and spring rain as before.

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be sons of your Father 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, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is gracious to the ungrateful and evil.

Acts 17:27-28

He did this so they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

James 5:17-18

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