Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

Bible References

Covereth

Psalm 135:1
Hallelujah!
Praise the name of Yahweh.
Give praise, you servants of Yahweh
Genesis 9:14
Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds,
1 Kings 18:44
On the seventh time, he reported, “There’s a cloud as small as a man’s hand coming from the sea.”

Then Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Get your chariot ready and go down so the rain doesn’t stop you.’”
Job 26:8
He wraps up the waters in His clouds,
yet the clouds do not burst beneath their weight.
Job 36:27
For He makes waterdrops evaporate;
they distill the rain into its mist,
Job 38:24
What road leads to the place where light is dispersed?
Where is the source of the east wind that spreads across the earth?
Isaiah 5:6
I will make it a wasteland.
It will not be pruned or weeded;
thorns and briers will grow up.
I will also give orders to the clouds
that rain should not fall on it.

Prepareth

Psalm 65:9
You visit the earth and water it abundantly,
enriching it greatly.
God’s stream is filled with water,
for You prepare the earth in this way,
providing people with grain.
Psalm 104:13
He waters the mountains from His palace;
the earth is satisfied by the fruit of Your labor.
Job 5:10
He gives rain to the earth
and sends water to the fields.
Jeremiah 14:22
Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain?
Or can the skies alone give showers?
Are You not the Lord our God?
We therefore put our hope in You,
for You have done all these things.
Joel 2:23
Children of Zion, rejoice and be glad
in the Lord your God,
because He gives you the autumn rain
for your vindication.
He sends showers for you,
both autumn and spring rain as before.
Amos 5:7
Those who turn justice into wormwood
throw righteousness to the ground.
Matthew 5:45
so that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. For He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Acts 14:17
although He did not leave Himself without a witness, since He did what is good by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons and satisfying your hearts with food and happiness.”
James 5:17
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours; yet he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land.

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