45 Bible Verses about clouds

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Lamentations 3:44

Thou hast hid thyself in a cloud, that our prayer should not go through.

Psalm 108:4

For thy mercy is greater than the heavens, and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

Psalm 57:10

For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth unto the heavens, and thy faithfulness unto the clouds.

2 Samuel 23:4

shall be as the morning light, when the sun shineth in a morning in which are no clouds to let the brightness; and as the grass of the earth is by the virtue of the rain.'

Deuteronomy 33:26

There is none like unto the God of Israel: he that sitteth upon heaven shall be thine help, whose glory is in the clouds:

Luke 12:54

Then said he to the people, "When ye see a cloud rise out of the west straightway ye say, 'We shall have a shower,' and so it is.

Job 37:16

Art thou of his counsel, when he spreadeth out the clouds? Hast thou the perfect knowledge of his wonders?

Isaiah 45:8

The heavens above shall drop down, and the clouds shall rain righteousness. The earth shall open itself, and bring forth health, and thereby shall righteousness flourish. Even I the LORD shall bring it to pass.

Psalm 18:9

He bowed the heavens, also, and came down, and it was dark under his feet. {TYNDALE: And he bowed heaven and came down, and darkness underneath his feet.}

Ezekiel 30:3

for the day is here, the day of the LORD is come: the dark day of the Heathen, the hour is at hand,

Psalm 68:4

O sing unto God, sing praises to his name; magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon a horse. Praise him in his name Jah, and rejoice before him.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

When the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth. And when the tree falleth, whether it be toward the South or North, in what place soever it fall, there it lieth.

Job 35:5

Look unto the heaven, and behold it: consider the clouds, how they are higher than thou.

Mark 14:62

And Jesus said, "I am. And ye shall see the son of man sit on the righthand of power, and come in the clouds of heaven."

Job 37:21

"For every man seeth not the light, that he keepeth clear in the clouds, which he cleanseth when he maketh the wind to blow.

Psalm 105:39

He spread out a cloud to be a covering, and fire to give light in the night season.

Ezekiel 1:28

Yea the shine and glister that lightened round about, was like a rainbow, which in a rainy day appeareth in the clouds. Even so was the similitude, wherein the glory of the LORD appeared. When I saw it, I fell upon my face, and hearkened unto the voice of him that spake.

Numbers 9:17

And when the cloud was taken up from of the tabernacle, then the children of Israel journeyed: and where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

Acts 2:19

And I will show wonders in heaven above, and tokens in the earth beneath, blood and fire, and the vapour of smoke.

Revelation 14:14

And I looked and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sitting like unto the son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

Exodus 24:15

When Moses was come up into the mount, a cloud covered the hill,

Psalm 104:3

who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds thy chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.

Job 36:32

In the turning of a hand he hideth the light, and at his commandment it cometh again.

Psalm 135:7

He bringeth forth the clouds from the ends of the world, and sendeth forth lightnings with the rain, bringing the winds out of their treasuries.

Exodus 40:34

And the cloud covered the tabernacle of witness, and the glory of the LORD filled the habitation:

Zephaniah 1:15

For that day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and heaviness, a day of utter destruction and misery, a dark and gloomy day, a cloudy and stormy day,

Proverbs 16:15

The cheerful countenance of the king is life; and his loving favor is as the evening dew.

Exodus 14:24

And in the morning watch, the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians out of the fiery and cloudy pillar, and troubled their host;

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Armies » Compared to » Clouds

Ezekiel 38:9-16

Thou shalt come up like a stormy weather to cover the land, and as it were a dark cloud: thou with all thine hosts, and a great multitude of people with thee. Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD God: At the same time shall many things come into thy mind, so that thou shalt imagine mischief, and say, 'I will up to yonder plain land, seeing they sit at ease, and dwell so safely - for they dwell all without any walls, they have neither bars nor doors - read more.
to spoil them, to rob them, to lay hand upon their so well inhabited wildernesses: against that people, that is gathered together from among the Heathen, which have gotten cattle and good, and dwell in the midst of the land.' Then shall Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish with all their worthies, say unto thee, 'Art thou come to rob? Hast thou gathered thy people together, because thou wilt spoil? To take silver and gold; to carry away cattle and goods; and to have a great prey?' "Therefore, O thou son of man, thou shalt prophesy, and say unto Gog, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: In that day thou shalt know, that my people of Israel dwelleth safe: and shalt come from thy place out of the north parts: thou and much people with thee, which ride upon horses, whereof there is a great multitude and an innumerable sortie. Yea, thou shalt come upon my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land. This shall come to pass in the latter days: I will bring thee up into my land, that the Heathen may know me, when I get me honour upon thee; O Gog, before their eyes.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of judgments of God

Ezekiel 34:12

Like as a shepherd among the flock seeketh after the sheep that are scattered abroad, even so will I seek after my sheep, and gather them together out of all places, where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

Lamentations 2:1

{Aleph} Alas, how hath the LORD darkened the daughter of Zion so sore in his wrath? As for the honour of Israel, he hath casten it down from heaven: How happeneth it, that he remembered not his own foot stool when he was angry?

Ezekiel 30:3

for the day is here, the day of the LORD is come: the dark day of the Heathen, the hour is at hand,

Joel 2:2

a dark and gloomy day, a cloudy and black day. As the morning is spread over the mountains, so it this populous and strong people: such as have not been since the beginning, neither shall be after them for evermore.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of hostile armies

Jeremiah 4:13

For lo, he cometh down like as a cloud, and his chariots are like a stormy wind: his horsemen are swifter than the Eagle. Woe unto us, for we are destroyed.

Ezekiel 38:9

Thou shalt come up like a stormy weather to cover the land, and as it were a dark cloud: thou with all thine hosts, and a great multitude of people with thee.

Ezekiel 38:16

Yea, thou shalt come upon my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land. This shall come to pass in the latter days: I will bring thee up into my land, that the Heathen may know me, when I get me honour upon thee; O Gog, before their eyes.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of unsearchableness of God

Ezekiel 1:4

And I looked, and behold: a stormy wind came out of the North with a great cloud full of fire, which, with his glister, lightened all round about. And in the midst of the fire it was all clear,

2 Samuel 22:12

And he made darkness a tabernacle round about him, with water gathered together in thick clouds.

Clouds » Power and wisdom of God exhibited in forming

Psalm 135:6

Whatsoever the LORD pleaseth that doeth he in heaven and in earth; in the sea, and in all deep places.

Clouds » Uses of » To give rain

Judges 5:4

LORD, when thou departedest out of Seir and camest from the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heaven rained, and the clouds dropped water:

Psalm 104:13-14

Thou waterest the hills from above; the earth is filled with the fruits of thy works. Thou bringest forth grass for the cattle, and green herbs for the service of men.

Clouds » Called the » Clouds of heaven

Clouds » Called the » Windows of heaven

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, that same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened,

Isaiah 24:18

It will come to pass, that whoso escapeth the terrible cry, shall fall in to the pit. And if he come out of the pit, he shall be taken with the snare. For the windows above shall be opened, and the foundations of the earth shall move.

Clouds » Uses of » To supply dew

Proverbs 3:20

Through his wisdom the depths break up, and the clouds drop down of the dew.

Isaiah 18:4

For thus hath the LORD said unto me: "I will take my rest, and look upon the matter in my habitation, like a fair heat after the rain, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Bright

Zechariah 10:1

Pray the LORD then betimes to give you the latter rain, so shall the LORD make clouds, and give you rain enough for all the increase of the field:

Job 37:11

The clouds do their labour in getting moistness, the clouds pour down the rain.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of multitudes of persons

Isaiah 60:8

But what are these that flee here like clouds, and as the doves flying to their windows?

Clouds » Called the » Chambers of God

Psalm 104:3

who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds thy chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.

Psalm 104:13

Thou waterest the hills from above; the earth is filled with the fruits of thy works.

Clouds » Illustrative » (riding upon,) of the power and greatness of God

Isaiah 19:1

This is the heavy burden upon Egypt: Behold, the LORD will ride upon a swift cloud, and come into Egypt. And the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his coming, and the heart of Egypt shall quake within her.

Psalm 104:3

who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds thy chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.

Clouds » Power and wisdom of God exhibited in condensing

Job 36:27

He turneth the water to small drops, he driveth his clouds

Job 37:10-11

At the breath of God, the frost cometh, and the waters are shed abroad. The clouds do their labour in getting moistness, the clouds pour down the rain.

Clouds » Often obscure the sun, &c

Job 36:32

In the turning of a hand he hideth the light, and at his commandment it cometh again.

Ezekiel 32:7

When thou art put out, I will cover the heaven, and make his stars dim. I will spread a cloud over the Sun, and the moon shall not give her light.

Clouds » Formed from the sea

1 Kings 18:44

And the seventh time he said, "Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like the palm of a man's hand." Then he said, "Go and say to Ahab, 'Put the horses in the chariot, and get thee down that the rain stop thee not.'"

Amos 9:6

He that hath his dwelling in Heaven, and groundeth his tabernacle in the earth; He that calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the plain ground; his name is the LORD.

Clouds » Illustrative » (passing away,) of the goodness and prosperity of hypocrites

Hosea 6:4

O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, how shall I entreat thee? Seeing your love is like a morning cloud, and like a dew that goeth early away.

Hosea 13:3

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away, and like as dust that the wind taketh away from the floor, and as smoke that goeth out of the chimney.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Thick

Job 22:14

Tush, the clouds cover him that he may not see, for he dwelleth in heaven.'

Job 37:11

The clouds do their labour in getting moistness, the clouds pour down the rain.

Clouds » Small » A large amount » Rain

1 Kings 18:44-45

And the seventh time he said, "Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like the palm of a man's hand." Then he said, "Go and say to Ahab, 'Put the horses in the chariot, and get thee down that the rain stop thee not.'" And within a little while, heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » White

Revelation 14:14

And I looked and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sitting like unto the son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

Clouds » Illustrative » (a morning without,) of wise rulers

2 Samuel 23:3-4

The God of Israel spake unto me, and the strength of Israel said, 'He that beareth rule over men, he that ruleth justly in the fear of God, shall be as the morning light, when the sun shineth in a morning in which are no clouds to let the brightness; and as the grass of the earth is by the virtue of the rain.'

Clouds » Frequently the instrument of God's judgments

Genesis 7:11-12

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, that same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened, and there fell a rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Clouds » The rainbow appears in

Genesis 9:13-14

I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant made between me and the earth; so that when I bring in clouds upon the earth, the bow shall appear in the clouds.

Clouds » Illustrative » (when seasonable,) of the favor of good rulers

Proverbs 16:15

The cheerful countenance of the king is life; and his loving favor is as the evening dew.

Clouds » Illustrative » (without rain,) of the fraudulent

Clouds » Thunder and lightning come from

Psalm 77:17-18

The thick clouds poured out water, the air thundered, and thine arrows went abroad. The voice of thy thunder was heard round about; the lightnings shone upon the ground. The earth was moved, and shook withal.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Small

1 Kings 18:44

And the seventh time he said, "Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like the palm of a man's hand." Then he said, "Go and say to Ahab, 'Put the horses in the chariot, and get thee down that the rain stop thee not.'"

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Black

1 Kings 18:45

And within a little while, heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.

Clouds » God » Established

Proverbs 8:28

when he hanged the clouds above; when he fastened the springs of the deep;

Clouds » Illustrative » (carried away by a tempest,) of false teachers

Clouds » Illustrative » Of sins of men

Isaiah 44:22

As for thine offenses, I drive them away like the clouds, and thy sins as the mist. Turn ye again unto me, and I will deliver thee.

Clouds » God » Brings over the earth

Genesis 9:14

so that when I bring in clouds upon the earth, the bow shall appear in the clouds.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Great

Ezekiel 1:4

And I looked, and behold: a stormy wind came out of the North with a great cloud full of fire, which, with his glister, lightened all round about. And in the midst of the fire it was all clear,

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Swift

Isaiah 19:1

This is the heavy burden upon Egypt: Behold, the LORD will ride upon a swift cloud, and come into Egypt. And the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his coming, and the heart of Egypt shall quake within her.

Clouds » Called the » Waters above the firmament

Genesis 1:7

Then God made the firmament, and parted the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters that were above the firmament: And it was so.

Clouds » Uses of » To moderate heat

Isaiah 25:5

Like as the heat in a dry place wasteth all things, so shalt thou suppress the noise of the aliens. The heat is abated with the shadow of the cloud; even so shall God assuage the noise of the cruel tyrants.

Clouds » Often cover the heavens

Clouds » Made for the glory of God

Psalm 148:4

Praise him, all ye heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.

Clouds » Often dispersed by the wind

Hosea 13:3

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away, and like as dust that the wind taketh away from the floor, and as smoke that goeth out of the chimney.

Clouds » From the west, bring rain

Luke 12:54

Then said he to the people, "When ye see a cloud rise out of the west straightway ye say, 'We shall have a shower,' and so it is.

Clouds » Illustrative » (without water,) of false teachers

Jude 1:12

These are spots which of your kindness feast together, without fear, feeding themselves. Clouds they are without water, carried about of winds: and trees without fruit at gathering time, twice dead, and plucked up by the roots.

Clouds » Called the » Dust of God's feet

Nahum 1:3

The LORD suffereth long, he is of great power, and so innocent that he leaveth no man faultless before him. The LORD goeth forth in tempest and stormy weather; the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Clouds » Called the » Bottles of heaven

Job 38:37

Who numbereth the clouds in wisdom? Who stilleth the vehement waters of heaven?

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the spreading of

Job 36:29

He can spread out the clouds - a covering of his tabernacle -

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the disposing of

Job 37:15

Art thou of counsel with God, when he doth these things? When he causeth the light to come forth of his clouds?

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the balancing of

Job 37:16

Art thou of his counsel, when he spreadeth out the clouds? Hast thou the perfect knowledge of his wonders?

Clouds » Man » Cannot cause to rain

Job 38:34

Moreover, canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that they may pour down a great rain upon thee?

Clouds » God » Balanced in the air

Job 37:16

Art thou of his counsel, when he spreadeth out the clouds? Hast thou the perfect knowledge of his wonders?

Clouds » God » Disposed in order

Job 37:15

Art thou of counsel with God, when he doth these things? When he causeth the light to come forth of his clouds?

Clouds » Man » Cannot number

Job 38:37

Who numbereth the clouds in wisdom? Who stilleth the vehement waters of heaven?

Clouds » Man » Cannot stay

Job 38:37

Who numbereth the clouds in wisdom? Who stilleth the vehement waters of heaven?

Clouds » God » Scatters

Job 37:11

The clouds do their labour in getting moistness, the clouds pour down the rain.

Clouds » God » Spreads out

Job 26:9

He holdeth back his stool, that it can not be seen, and spreadeth his clouds before it.

Clouds » God » Binds up

Clouds » Are the garment of the sea

Job 38:9

When I made the clouds to be a covering for it, and swaddled it with the dark;

Meteorology » Clouds

Psalm 77:17

The thick clouds poured out water, the air thundered, and thine arrows went abroad.

Judges 5:4

LORD, when thou departedest out of Seir and camest from the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heaven rained, and the clouds dropped water:

Job 37:16

Art thou of his counsel, when he spreadeth out the clouds? Hast thou the perfect knowledge of his wonders?

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