Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

The time

Bible References

Ye

Matthew 7:7
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
John 16:23
You will put no questions to me then. "In most solemn truth I tell you that whatever you ask the Father for in my name He will give you.
James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be cured. The heartfelt supplication of a righteous man exerts a mighty influence.

The time

James 5:7
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the Coming of the Lord. Notice how eagerly a farmer waits for a valuable crop! He is patient over it till it has received the early and the later rain.

And give

1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted and Apollos watered; but it was God who was, all the time, giving the increase.