Verse 6

May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 32:2 : 2 My teaching is dropping like rain, coming down like dew on the fields; like rain on the young grass and showers on the garden plants:
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.
  • 2 Sam 23:4 : 4 It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth.
  • Ps 65:10 : 10 You make the ploughed lands full of water; you make smooth the slopes: you make the earth soft with showers, sending your blessing on its growth.
  • Prov 16:15 : 15 In the light of the king's face there is life; and his approval is like a cloud of spring rain.
  • Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.
  • Isa 5:6 : 6 And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife, or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come up in it: and I will give orders to the clouds not to send rain on it.
  • Isa 14:3-5 : 3 And it will be, in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your trouble, and from the hard yoke which they had put on you, 4 That you will take up this bitter song against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the cruel overseer come to an end! He who was lifted up in pride is cut off; 5 The stick of the evil-doers, the rod of the rulers, is broken by the Lord;
  • Ezek 34:23-26 : 23 And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper. 24 And I the Lord will be their God and my servant David their ruler; I the Lord have said it. 25 And I will make with them an agreement of peace, and will put an end to evil beasts through all the land: and they will be living safely in the waste land, sleeping in the woods. 26 And I will give the rain at the right time, and I will make the shower come down at the right time; there will be showers of blessing.
  • Hos 14:5-7 : 5 I will put right their errors; freely will my love be given to them, for my wrath is turned away from him. 6 I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon. 7 His branches will be stretched out, he will be beautiful as the olive-tree and sweet-smelling as Lebanon.