Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
For his
For mercy
General references
Bible References
Whether
Job 37:6
For he will say to the snow, Be it on earth; and to the shower of rain, and to the shower of the rains of his strength.
Job 36:31
For by them he will judge the peoples; he will give food to abundance.
Job 38:37
Who shall number the clouds in wisdom? and who shall cause the bottles of heaven to lie down?
Exodus 9:18
Behold, I rain at this time to-morrow, hail exceedingly heavy, which was not as this in Egypt from the day it was founded even now.
1 Samuel 12:18
And Samuel will call to Jehovah, and Jehovah will give voices and rain in that day: and all the people will be greatly afraid of Jehovah and Samuel.
Ezra 10:9
And all the men of Judah and Benjamin will gather together at Jerusalem in three days. It was the ninth month, in the twentieth in the month, and all the people will sit in the broad place of the house of God, trembling for the word, and from the heavy showers.
For his
Job 38:26
To cause it to rain upon the earth, not a man; the wilderness not a man in it?
For mercy
2 Samuel 21:10
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah will take sackcloth and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest till water was given upon them from the heavens, and she gave not the birds of the heavens to rest upon them in the day and the beast of the field at night
1 Kings 18:45
And it will be even thus and even thus, and the heavens were darkened with clouds and wind, and there will be a great rain. And Ahab will ride and go to Jezrecl.
Joel 2:23
Ye sons of Zion rejoice and be glad in Jehovah your God; for he gave to you the early rain for justice, and he will bring down to you the rain, the early and latter rain in the first.
General references
Deuteronomy 11:14
And I gave the rain of your land in its time, the early and the latter rain; and gather thy grain and thy new wine and thy new oil.
Job 36:28
Which the clouds will shake out; they will drop an abundance upon man.