45 Bible Verses about clouds
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then shall we which live and remain, be caught up with them also in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Thou hast hid thyself in a cloud, that our prayer should not go through.
For thy mercy is greater than the heavens, and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth unto the heavens, and thy faithfulness unto the clouds.
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.'
There is none like unto the God of Israel: he that sitteth upon heaven shall be thine help, whose glory is in the clouds:
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.
Art thou of his counsel, when he spreadeth out the clouds? Hast thou the perfect knowledge of his wonders?
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.
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.}
He that regardeth the wind, shall not sow; and he that hath respect unto the clouds, shall not reap.
for the day is here, the day of the LORD is come: the dark day of the Heathen, the hour is at hand,
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.
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.
Look unto the heaven, and behold it: consider the clouds, how they are higher than thou.
Behold, he cometh with clouds, and all eyes shall see him: and they also which pierced him. And all kindreds of the earth shall wail. Even so, amen.
And then shall appear the sign of the son of man in heaven. And then shall all the kindreds of the earth mourn, and they shall see the son of man come in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
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."
He spread out a cloud to be a covering, and fire to give light in the night season.
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.
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.
And I will show wonders in heaven above, and tokens in the earth beneath, blood and fire, and the vapour of smoke.
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.
who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds thy chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.
In the turning of a hand he hideth the light, and at his commandment it cometh again.
And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up: and a cloud received him up out of their sight.
Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat.
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.
And the cloud covered the tabernacle of witness, and the glory of the LORD filled the habitation:
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,
The cheerful countenance of the king is life; and his loving favor is as the evening dew.
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
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
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.
{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?
for the day is here, the day of the LORD is come: the dark day of the Heathen, the hour is at hand,
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
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.
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.
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
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,
And he made darkness a tabernacle round about him, with water gathered together in thick clouds.
Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat.
Clouds » Power and wisdom of God exhibited in forming
Whatsoever the LORD pleaseth that doeth he in heaven and in earth; in the sea, and in all deep places.
which covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth, and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains;
Clouds » Uses of » To give rain
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:
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
I saw in a vision by night, and behold, there came one in the clouds of heaven like the Son of Man - which went unto the Ancient of Days, before whom they brought him.
And then shall appear the sign of the son of man in heaven. And then shall all the kindreds of the earth mourn, and they shall see the son of man come in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Clouds » Called the » Windows of heaven
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,
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
Through his wisdom the depths break up, and the clouds drop down of the dew.
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
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:
The clouds do their labour in getting moistness, the clouds pour down the rain.
Clouds » Illustrative » Of multitudes of persons
Wherefore let us also - seeing that we are compassed with so great a multitude of witnesses - lay away all that presseth down, and the sin that hangeth on us, and let us run with patience, unto the battle that is set before us,
But what are these that flee here like clouds, and as the doves flying to their windows?
Clouds » Called the » Chambers of God
who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds thy chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.
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
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.
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
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
In the turning of a hand he hideth the light, and at his commandment it cometh again.
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
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.'"
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
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.
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
Tush, the clouds cover him that he may not see, for he dwelleth in heaven.'
The clouds do their labour in getting moistness, the clouds pour down the rain.
Clouds » Small » A large amount » Rain
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
when he hanged the clouds above; when he fastened the springs of the deep;
Clouds » Illustrative » (carried away by a tempest,) of false teachers
These are wells without water, and clouds carried about of a tempest, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever.
Clouds » Illustrative » Of sins of men
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
so that when I bring in clouds upon the earth, the bow shall appear in the clouds.
Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Great
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
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
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
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
which covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth, and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains;
Clouds » Made for the glory of God
Clouds » Often dispersed by the wind
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
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
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
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
Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the spreading of
Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the disposing of
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
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
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
Art thou of his counsel, when he spreadeth out the clouds? Hast thou the perfect knowledge of his wonders?
Clouds » God » Disposed in order
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
Clouds » Man » Cannot stay
Clouds » God » Scatters
The clouds do their labour in getting moistness, the clouds pour down the rain.
Clouds » God » Spreads out
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
When I made the clouds to be a covering for it, and swaddled it with the dark;
Meteorology » Clouds
These are wells without water, and clouds carried about of a tempest, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever.
The thick clouds poured out water, the air thundered, and thine arrows went abroad.
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:
Art thou of his counsel, when he spreadeth out the clouds? Hast thou the perfect knowledge of his wonders?
Topics on Clouds
Clouds And Jesus Christ
Acts 1:9And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up: and a cloud received him up out of their sight.
Clouds, Figurative Use
Psalm 97:2Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat.
Clouds, God's Presence
Psalm 97:2Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat.
Clouds, Miraculous Uses
Exodus 13:21And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud to lead them the way: and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light: that they might go both by day and night.
Clouds, Natural Use
Genesis 9:13I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant made between me and the earth;