Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

Bible References

Fountains

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month -- on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Proverbs 8:28
when he established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep grew strong,
Jonah 2:3
You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me.

The rain

Job 37:11
He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.
Job 38:37
Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,
Matthew 8:9
For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, 'Go' and he goes, and to another 'Come' and he comes, and to my slave 'Do this' and he does it."

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