Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.
Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish [it].
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
When he uttereth his voice, [there is] a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Are there [any] among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? [art] not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these [things].
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
When he uttereth [his] voice, [there is] a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
[When] he is about to fill his belly, [God] shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain [it] upon him while he is eating.
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
For he saith to the snow, Be thou [on] the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man;
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first [month].
Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
In the light of the king's countenance [is] life; and his favour [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.
The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
He gave them hail for rain, [and] flaming fire in their land.
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup.
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.
[Who] passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone;
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