Proverbs 3:20

American Standard Version (1901)

By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 7:11 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
  • Deut 33:28 : 28 And Israel dwelleth in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yea, his heavens drop down dew.
  • Job 36:27-28 : 27 For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor, 28 Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.
  • Job 38:8-9 : 8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb; 9 When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it, 10 And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
  • Job 38:26-28 : 26 To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 27 To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
  • Ps 65:9-9 : 9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, Thou greatly enrichest it; The river of God is full of water: Thou providest them grain, when thou hast so prepared the earth. [ 10 Thou waterest its furrows abundantly; Thou settlest the ridges thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers; Thou blessest the springing thereof. 11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; And thy paths drop fatness. 12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the hills are girded with joy.
  • Gen 27:28 : 28 And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine:
  • Gen 27:37-39 : 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with grain and new wine have I sustained him: and what then shall I do for thee, my son? 38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. 39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above;
  • Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.
  • Joel 2:23 : 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the former rain in just measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first [month] .
  • Gen 1:9 : 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
  • Ps 104:8-9 : 8 (The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them. 9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 3:19
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    19Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.

  • Job 36:27-30
    4 verses
    78%

    27For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,

    28Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.

    29Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?

    30Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.

  • Jer 10:12-13
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    76%

    12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

    13when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

  • Jer 51:15-16
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    76%

    15He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

    16when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

  • Prov 8:27-29
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    76%

    27When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,

    28When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,

    29When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

  • Job 37:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10By the breath of God ice is given; And the breadth of the waters is straitened.

    11Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:

  • Job 37:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15Dost thou know how God layeth [his charge] upon them, And causeth the lightning of his cloud to shine?

    16Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

  • Prov 2:5-6
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    5Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.

    6For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding:

  • Ps 33:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

    7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.

  • Job 38:28
    74%

    28Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

  • Job 38:37
    73%

    37Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

  • Ps 135:7
    73%

    7Who causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who maketh lightnings for the rain; Who bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries;

  • Job 26:8
    72%

    8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.

  • Ps 104:13
    72%

    13He watereth the mountains from his chambers: The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.

  • Ps 18:15
    72%

    15Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

  • Job 12:15
    72%

    15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

  • Job 26:10-13
    4 verses
    72%

    10He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.

    11The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.

    12He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

    13By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent.

  • Job 5:10
    71%

    10Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;

  • Job 38:30
    71%

    30The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.

  • Job 28:11
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    11He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

  • Job 37:6
    71%

    6For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.

  • Prov 3:21
    71%

    21My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

  • 2 Pet 3:5
    71%

    5For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

  • 2 Sam 22:16
    71%

    16Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

  • Job 38:16
    71%

    16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

  • Prov 24:4
    71%

    4And by knowledge are the chambers filled With all precious and pleasant riches.

  • Deut 32:2
    71%

    2My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.

  • Job 28:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;

    27Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.

  • Job 38:25
    70%

    25Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;

  • Ps 147:18
    70%

    18He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

  • Ps 104:3
    70%

    3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; Who maketh the clouds his chariot; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind;

  • Amos 9:6
    70%

    6[ it is] he that buildeth his chambers in the heavens, and hath founded his vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name.

  • Prov 18:4
    70%

    4The words of a man's mouth are [as] deep waters; The wellspring of wisdom is [as] a flowing brook.

  • Ps 78:15
    70%

    15He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

  • Job 38:34
    70%

    34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?