Thematic Bible: The want of
Thematic Bible
Rain » The want of » Causes the earth to open
For the ground shall be dried up, because there cometh no rain upon it. The plowmen also shall be ashamed, and shall cover their heads.
They waited for me, as the earth doth for the rain; and gaped upon me, as the ground doth to receive the latter shower.
Rain » The want of » Removed by prayer
If heaven be shut up, that there be no rain, because they have sinned against thee: yet if they pray in this place and praise thy name and turn from their sins, through thy scourging of them: then hear thou up to heaven, and be merciful unto the sin of thy servants and of thy people Israel, that thou show them a good way to walk in, and give rain upon thy land that thou hast given unto thy people to inherit.
Rain » The want of » Occasions famine
And at the last, the word of the LORD came to Elijah the third year, saying, "Go show thyself unto Ahab, that I may send rain upon the earth." And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab, for there was a great famishment in Samaria.
Rain » The want of » Dries up springs and fountains
And it chanced after a while that the brook dried up, because there fell no rain upon the earth.