Psalm 147:8
Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who provides rain for the earth,
Who makes grass grow on the mountains.
Job 5:10
“He gives rain upon the earth
And sends waters upon the fields,
Psalm 104:13-14
He waters the mountains from His upper chambers;
The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.
Genesis 9:14
It shall come about, when I bring clouds over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the clouds,
1 Kings 18:44-45
And at the seventh time the servant said, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is coming up from the sea.” And Elijah said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the rain shower does not stop you.’”
Job 26:8-9
“He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once],
And the cloud does not burst under them.
Job 36:27-33
“For He draws up the drops of water,
They distill rain from the mist,
Job 38:24-27
“Where is the way that the light is distributed,
Or the east wind scattered over the earth?
Psalm 65:9-13
You visit the earth and make it overflow [with water];
You greatly enrich it;
The stream of God is full of water;
You provide their grain, when You have prepared the earth.
Psalm 135:1
Praise the name of the Lord;
Praise Him, O servants of the Lord (priests, Levites),
Isaiah 5:6
“I will turn it into a wasteland;
It will not be pruned or cultivated,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.”
Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the idols of the nations who can send rain?
Or can the heavens [of their own will] give showers?
Is it not You, O Lord our God?
Therefore we will wait and hope [confidently] in You,
For You are the one who has made all these things [the heavens and the rain].
Joel 2:23
So rejoice, O children of Zion,
And delight in the Lord, your God;
For He has given you the early [autumn] rain in vindication
And He has poured down the rain for you,
The early [autumn] rain and the late [spring] rain, as before.
Amos 5:7-8
“For those [shall be consumed] who turn justice into wormwood (bitterness)
And cast righteousness down to the earth.”
Matthew 5:45
Acts 14:17
yet He did not leave Himself without some witness [as evidence of Himself], in that He kept constantly doing good things and showing you kindness, and giving you rains from heaven and productive seasons, filling your hearts with food and happiness.”
James 5:17-18
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours [with the same physical, mental, and spiritual limitations and shortcomings], and he prayed
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Covereth
Praise the name of the Lord;
Praise Him, O servants of the Lord (priests, Levites),
“He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once],
And the cloud does not burst under them.
“For He draws up the drops of water,
They distill rain from the mist,
“Where is the way that the light is distributed,
Or the east wind scattered over the earth?
“I will turn it into a wasteland;
It will not be pruned or cultivated,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.”
Prepareth
You visit the earth and make it overflow [with water];
You greatly enrich it;
The stream of God is full of water;
You provide their grain, when You have prepared the earth.
He waters the mountains from His upper chambers;
The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.
“He gives rain upon the earth
And sends waters upon the fields,
Are there any among the idols of the nations who can send rain?
Or can the heavens [of their own will] give showers?
Is it not You, O Lord our God?
Therefore we will wait and hope [confidently] in You,
For You are the one who has made all these things [the heavens and the rain].
So rejoice, O children of Zion,
And delight in the Lord, your God;
For He has given you the early [autumn] rain in vindication
And He has poured down the rain for you,
The early [autumn] rain and the late [spring] rain, as before.
“For those [shall be consumed] who turn justice into wormwood (bitterness)
And cast righteousness down to the earth.”