43 occurrences

'Clouds' in the Bible

It shall come about, when I bring clouds over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the clouds,

Verse ConceptsVisibilityThe RainbowRainbow

When the rainbow is in the clouds and I look at it, I will [solemnly] remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”

Verse ConceptsCovenant breakersCovenant, God's with NoahImmortality, In OtThe Eternal CovenantGod Seeing All The EarthGod Remembering His CovenantPromises concerningThe RainbowRainbow

“Lord, when You went out from Seir,When You marched from the field of Edom,The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped,Yes, the clouds dripped water.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseWaterGod Shaking The EarthGod Sending Rain

“He made darkness canopies around Him,A mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Verse ConceptsRainSky

In a little while the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and there were heavy showers. And Ahab mounted and rode [his chariot] and went [inland] to Jezreel.

Verse ConceptsBlackSkyGod Sending RainDarkness During Daytime

“Though his pride reaches the heavensAnd his head touches the clouds,

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural Use

‘Thick clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see,And He walks on the vault (circle) of the heavens.’

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's Presence

“He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once],And the cloud does not burst under them.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseDivision Of WatersOut Of The NorthGod Sending RainWaters DividingWork Ethiccloudsweight

“Can anyone understand the spreading of the cloudsOr the thundering of His pavilion?

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's PresenceThunderUnderstanding

“Behold, He spreads His lightning around Him [against the dark clouds],And He covers the depths of the sea.

Verse ConceptsOceansCreation Of The Seas

“For by these [mighty acts] He judges the peoples;He gives food in abundance.

Verse ConceptsGod Feeds All The Earth

“Do you know about the layers of thick clouds [and how they are balanced and poised in the heavens],The wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge,

Verse ConceptsBalance In LifeAwesome GodBeing A Know It AllGod, Perfection OfPerfection, DivineClouds, Natural UseGod, All knowingbalanceclouds

When I made the clouds its garmentAnd thick darkness its swaddling band,

Verse ConceptsWrapping A Baby

“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,So that an abundance of water will cover you?

“Who has put wisdom in the innermost being [of man, or in the layers of clouds]Or given understanding to the mind [of man, or to the heavenly display]?

Verse ConceptsUnderstandingWisdom, Human ImportanceWisdom, Source Of HumanThe Mind

“Who can count the clouds by [earthly] wisdom,Or pour out the water jars of the heavens,

Verse ConceptsBottles, Figurative UseUncountableWater ContainersGod Sending RainSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

He made darkness His hiding place (covering); His pavilion (canopy) around Him,The darkness of the waters, the thick clouds of the skies.

Verse ConceptsCurtainsCovering

Out of the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,Hailstones and coals of fire.

Verse ConceptsGod Appearing In FireGod Is LightThunder Showing God's Presence

For Your faithfulness and lovingkindness are great, reaching to the heavens,And Your truth to the clouds.

Verse ConceptsGod's Truthcloudsdevotion

The clouds poured down water;The skies sent out a sound [of rumbling thunder];Your arrows (lightning) flashed here and there.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfWaterClouds, Natural UseGod's ArrowsPouring Water

Yet He commanded the clouds from aboveAnd opened the doors of heaven;

Verse ConceptsSky

Who lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters [above the firmament],Who makes the clouds His chariot,Who walks on the wings of the wind,

Verse ConceptsChariotsChariots Of GodWingsBeamsGod WalkingGod RidingHeavenly ChariotsGod In The Windclouds

If the clouds are full [of rain], they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it lies.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseCompassesNorth And SouthThings FallingWeather In The Last Dayscloudsinvesting

He who watches the wind [waiting for all conditions to be perfect] will not sow [seed], and he who looks at the clouds will not reap [a harvest].

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseNot SowingNot Reaping What You SowWeedReaping What You SowPlanting SeedsFarmingSeedsWeather In The Last DaysSowing Seedscloudsweatherrisksowing

before the sun and the light, and the moon and the stars are darkened [by impaired vision], and the clouds [of depression] return after the rain [of tears];

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseLooking Through WindowsOvertaken By DarknessDarkening Sun Moon And StarsSunshineThe Moon

“I will turn it into a wasteland;It will not be pruned or cultivated,But briars and thorns will come up.I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.”

Verse ConceptsBriersAgriculture, TermsPruningCommands, in OTdrought, physicalRainCultivationLack Of RainFallow Land

And in that day they will roar against them (Judah) like the roaring of the sea.And if one looks to the land, in fact, there is darkness and distress;Even the light will be darkened by its clouds.

Verse ConceptsDarkness, And God's JudgmentBlackSeaColors, BlackRoar Of NationsOvertaken By DarknessSea, Metaphorical ReferencesEclipse

“I clothe the heavens with the blackness [of storm clouds]And make sackcloth [of mourning] their clothing.”

Verse Conceptsdarkness, naturalBlacknessSackcloth And AshesSkyColors, Black

“Behold, the enemy comes up like clouds,His chariots like the whirlwind;His horses are swifter than eagles.Woe (judgment is coming) to us, for we are ruined!”

Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesEaglesWhirlwindsWoeHeavenly ChariotsSpeedAutomobilesHurricanes

‘And it had strong branches for the scepters of rulers,And its height was raised above the thick branches and into the cloudsSo that it was seen [easily] in its height with the mass of its branches.

Verse ConceptsHeightSceptreThings On High

‘Behold (listen carefully), Assyria was a cedar in LebanonWith beautiful branches and with forest shade,And of high stature,With its top among the clouds.

Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfCedarPride, Examples OfTreesThings On High

‘Therefore thus says the Lord God, “Because it is high in stature and has set its top among the thick boughs and the clouds, and its heart is proud of its height,

Verse ConceptsHeightSelf ExaltationThings On High

so that none of the trees by the waters may exalt themselves because of their height, nor set their top among the clouds, nor their well-watered mighty ones stand [arrogantly] in their height. For they have all been handed over to death, to the earth beneath, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit (the grave).”

Verse ConceptsPitsSon Of ManGoing Down To The PitHow Death Is InevitableThings On HighWhy It Happened

As a shepherd cares for his sheep on the day that he is among his scattered flock, so I will care for My sheep; and I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorShepherds, As Kings And LeadersDarkness During DaytimeGod Saves The Needy

A day of darkness and gloom,A day of clouds and of thick [dark] mist,Like the dawn spread over the mountains;There is a [pagan, hostile] people numerous and mighty,The like of which has never been beforeNor will be again afterwardEven for years of many generations.

Verse ConceptsBlackLargenessDark DaysUnique EventsLarge Armies

The Lord is slow to anger and great in powerAnd He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm,And the clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfFeetClouds, God's PresenceGod, Patience OfStormsWhirlwindsPower Of God, DescribedThe AlmightyAcquittalGod In The WindCondemnation Of The WickedSpeed Of God's AngerHurricanesGuiltfootstepspatientsdustfootprintsGod Controls Storms

That day is a day of [the outpouring of the] wrath [of God],A day of trouble and distress,A day of destruction and devastation,A day of darkness and gloom,A day of clouds and thick darkness,

Verse ConceptsBlackSorrowGod DestroyingThe Fact Of That DayThe Ungodly SufferingThe Coming Day Of God's WrathAstronomical SignsCosmic Disturbancescloudswrath

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