Job 37:13

Whether it is for punishment for his land, or whether it is for mercy, he causes it to find its mark.

1 Kings 18:45

Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward Jezreel.

1 Samuel 12:18-19

So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord made it thunder and rain that day. All the people were very afraid of both the Lord and Samuel.

Job 38:26-27

to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings,

Ezra 10:9

All the men of Judah and Benjamin were gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. (It was in the ninth month, on the twentieth day of that month.) All the people sat in the square at the temple of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the rains.

Job 36:31

It is by these that he judges the nations and supplies food in abundance.

Exodus 9:18-25

I am going to cause very severe hail to rain down about this time tomorrow, such hail as has never occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

2 Samuel 21:10

Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain fell on them, she did not allow the birds of the air to feed on them by day, nor the wild animals by night.

2 Samuel 21:14

They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin at Zela in the grave of his father Kish. After they had done everything that the king had commanded, God responded to their prayers for the land.

Job 37:6

For to the snow he says, 'Fall to earth,' and to the torrential rains, 'Pour down.'

Job 38:37-38

Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,

Joel 2:23

Citizens of Zion, rejoice! Be glad because of what the Lord your God has done! For he has given to you the early rains as vindication. He has sent to you the rains -- both the early and the late rains as formerly.

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Summary

He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

For his

General references

Bible References

Whether

Job 37:6
For to the snow he says, 'Fall to earth,' and to the torrential rains, 'Pour down.'
Job 36:31
It is by these that he judges the nations and supplies food in abundance.
Job 38:37
Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,
Exodus 9:18
I am going to cause very severe hail to rain down about this time tomorrow, such hail as has never occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.
1 Samuel 12:18
So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord made it thunder and rain that day. All the people were very afraid of both the Lord and Samuel.
Ezra 10:9
All the men of Judah and Benjamin were gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. (It was in the ninth month, on the twentieth day of that month.) All the people sat in the square at the temple of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the rains.

For his

Job 38:26
to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings,

For mercy

2 Samuel 21:10
Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain fell on them, she did not allow the birds of the air to feed on them by day, nor the wild animals by night.
1 Kings 18:45
Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward Jezreel.
Joel 2:23
Citizens of Zion, rejoice! Be glad because of what the Lord your God has done! For he has given to you the early rains as vindication. He has sent to you the rains -- both the early and the late rains as formerly.

General references

Deuteronomy 11:14
then he promises, "I will send rain for your land in its season, the autumn and the spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine, and olive oil.
Job 36:28
which the clouds pour down and shower on humankind abundantly.

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