Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

General references

Bible References

Ye children

Psalm 149:2
Let Israel celebrate its Maker;
let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
Lamentations 4:2
ב BetZion’s precious people—
once worth their weight in pure gold
how they are regarded as clay jars,
the work of a potter’s hands!
Zechariah 9:13
For I will bend Judah as My bow;
I will fill that bow with Ephraim.
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
against your sons, Greece.
I will make you like a warrior’s sword.
Galatians 4:26
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

The former, etc

Joel 2:28
After this
I will pour out My Spirit on all humanity;
then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
your old men will have dreams,
and your young men will see visions.
Deuteronomy 32:2
Let my teaching fall like rain
and my word settle like dew,
like gentle rain on new grass
and showers on tender plants.
Job 33:23
If there is an angel on his side,
one mediator out of a thousand,
to tell a person what is right for him
Psalm 72:6
May he be like rain that falls on the cut grass,
like spring showers that water the earth.
Isaiah 30:21
and whenever you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
Ephesians 4:8
For it says:

When He ascended on high,
He took prisoners into captivity;
He gave gifts to people.

He will

Leviticus 26:4
I will give you rain at the right time, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
Deuteronomy 11:14
I will provide rain for your land in the proper time, the autumn and spring rains, and you will harvest your grain, new wine, and oil.
Deuteronomy 28:12
The Lord will open for you His abundant storehouse, the sky, to give your land rain in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.
Proverbs 16:15
When a king’s face lights up, there is life;
his favor is like a cloud with spring rain.
Jeremiah 3:3
This is why the showers haven’t come
why there has been no spring rain.
You have the brazen look of a prostitute
and refuse to be ashamed.
Hosea 6:3
Let us strive to know the Lord.
His appearance is as sure as the dawn.
He will come to us like the rain,
like the spring showers that water the land.
Zechariah 10:1
Ask the Lord for rain
in the season of spring rain.
The Lord makes the rain clouds,
and He will give them showers of rain
and crops in the field for everyone.
James 5:7
Therefore, brothers, be patient until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and is patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.

In

Amos 4:7
I also withheld the rain from you
while there were still three months until harvest.
I sent rain on one city
but no rain on another.
One field received rain
while a field with no rain withered.

General references

Deuteronomy 11:14
I will provide rain for your land in the proper time, the autumn and spring rains, and you will harvest your grain, new wine, and oil.

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