Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

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As the rain

Isaiah 5:6
And I will make it a desolation; it shall not be pruned and it shall not be dressed, and there came up sharp points and thorns: and upon the clouds I will command from raining rain upon it
Isaiah 30:23
And he gave the rain of thy seed which thou shalt sow the earth and bread of the increase of the earth: and it was fat and fertile, thy cattle shall feed in that day in a large meadow.
Isaiah 61:11
For as the earth will bring forth her sprout, and as a garden will cause the things sown to sprout, so the Lord Jehovah will cause justice and praise to sprout before all nations.
Deuteronomy 32:2
My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My word shall pour out as the dew, As the showers upon the herbage, And as the rains upon the green herb:
1 Samuel 23:4
And David will add yet to ask in Jehovah, and Jehovah will answer him and say, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I gave the rovers into thy hand.
Psalm 65:9
Thou reviewedst the earth, and thou wilt water it: thou wilt greatly enrich it; the stream of God being full of waters: thou wilt prepare their grain, for so thou wilt prepare it.
Psalm 72:6
He shall come down as rain upon a fleece, as showers of pouring rain upon the earth.
Ezekiel 34:26
And I gave them and round about my hill a blessing; and I brought down the rain in its time, and they shall be rains of blessing.
Hosea 10:12
Sow to yourselves for justice, reap ye for the mouth of kindness; break up to you the fallow ground: and the time to seek Jehovah till he shall come and cast justice upon you.
Revelation 11:6
These have power to shut up heaven, that the rain should not wet in the days of their prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with every blow, as often as they wish.

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2 Corinthians 9:9
(As has been written, He scattered; he gave to the poor: his justice remains forever.

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Acts 12:24
And the word of God increased and multiplied.