Acts 14:17

Mistaken For Gods In Lystra

¹⁶ who in generations that are past permitted all the nations to go their [own] ways. ¹⁷ And yet he did not leave himself without witness [by] doing good, giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying [you] with food and your hearts with gladness." ¹⁸ And [although] they said these [things], [only] with difficulty did they dissuade the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.

Do Good

Deuteronomy 11:14

then 'I will send the rain for your land in its season, early rain and later rain, and you will gather your grain and your wine and your olive oil.

Job 5:10

the one who is giving rain on [the] {surface of} [the] earth and is sending water on [the] {surface of} [the] fields,

Romans 1:19-20

because what can be known about God is evident among them, for God made [it] clear to them.

Leviticus 26:4

then I will give you rains in their time, and the land shall give its produce, and the trees of the field shall give their fruit.

Deuteronomy 28:12

Yahweh shall open for you his {rich} storehouse, [even] the heavens, to give the rain for your land in its time and to bless all of the work of your hand, and you will lend to many nations; you will not borrow [from them].

Deuteronomy 8:12-14

lest [when] you have eaten and you are satisfied and you have built good houses and you live [in them],

1 Kings 18:1

It happened many days [later] that the word of Yahweh came to Elijah in the third year, saying, "Go, present yourself to Ahab so that I may give rain on the surface of the earth."

Nehemiah 9:25

And they captured fortified cities and a fertile land and took possession of houses filled with every good thing: hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves, and many [fruit] trees. They ate and became full, and they became fat and took delight in your great goodness.

Job 37:6

For to the snow he says, 'Fall [on the] earth'; and {the shower of rain, his heavy shower of rain}--

Job 38:26-28

to bring rain on a land {where no one lives}, a desert {where no humans live},

Psalm 19:1-4

The heavens [are] telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands.

Psalm 36:5-7

O Yahweh, your loyal love [extends] into [the] heavens, your faithfulness unto [the] clouds.

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The loyal love of God [endures] {continually}.

Psalm 65:9-13

You care for the land and water it; you greatly enrich it. The stream of God [is] filled with waters. You provide their grain, for so you have established it.

Psalm 68:9-10

You caused abundant rain to fall, O God. When your inheritance was weary you revived it.

Psalm 104:24-28

How many are your works, O Yahweh; all of them you have done in wisdom. The earth is full of your creatures.

Psalm 145:9

Yahweh [is] good to all, and his mercies [are] over all his works.

Psalm 145:15-16

[The] eyes of all look hopefully to you, and you give them their food in due time,

Psalm 147:7-8

Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving; sing praises to our God with lyre,

Isaiah 5:6

And I will make it a wasteland; it shall not be pruned and hoed, and it shall be overgrown [with] briers and thornbushes. And concerning the clouds, I will command {them not to send} rain down upon it.

Isaiah 22:13

But look! Joy and gladness, the killing of oxen and the slaughtering of sheep, the eating of meat and the drinking of wine! "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"

Jeremiah 5:24

And they do not say in their hearts, 'Let us fear please Yahweh our God, the [one who] gives [the] autumn rain and [the] spring rain in its season, {the set times of the harvest} he keeps for us.'

Jeremiah 14:22

Are there [any] among the idols of the nation [who] cause rain to pour? Or can the heavens give showers? [Is] it not you, Yahweh our God? Therefore, we hope in you, for you do all these [things].

Ezekiel 34:26

And I will make them and [the area] all around my hill a blessing, and I will let the rain go down {at its appointed time}; they will be rains of blessing.

Joel 2:23

Be glad, children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in Yahweh your God, because he has given for you the autumn rains for [your] righteousness, and he has {poured down} for you rainwater, [the] autumn and spring rains, as before.

Matthew 5:45

in order that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven, because he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust.

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend expecting back nothing, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Acts 17:27-28

to search for God, if perhaps indeed they might feel around for him and find [him]. And indeed he is not far away from each one of us,

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those [who are] rich in this present age not to be proud and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in God, who provides us all [things] richly for enjoyment,

James 5:17-18

Elijah was a human being with the same nature as us, and {he prayed fervently} for [it] not to rain, and it did not rain on the land [for] three years and six months.