Psalms 147:8

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He covers the sky with clouds; He prepares rain for the earth; He makes the mountains sprout grass.

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  • Job 5:10 : 10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.
  • Job 26:8-9 : 8 He binds up the waters in his clouds, yet the cloud is not torn apart beneath them. 9 He covers the face of his throne and spreads his cloud over it.
  • Gen 9:14 : 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow becomes visible in the clouds,
  • Ps 104:13-14 : 13 He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works. 14 He causes the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for people to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth,
  • Ps 135:1 : 1 Praise the LORD! Praise the name of the LORD; praise Him, you servants of the LORD!
  • Isa 5:6 : 6 I will make it a wasteland; it will neither be pruned nor hoed, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.
  • Jer 14:22 : 22 Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Can the skies themselves send showers? No, it is You, LORD our God. Therefore, we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
  • Joel 2:23 : 23 Be glad, children of Zion; rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as in the past.
  • Amos 5:7-8 : 7 You who turn justice to bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground— 8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns deep darkness into morning and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth—the Lord is his name.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 So that you may become children of your Father in heaven. For He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
  • Acts 14:17 : 17 Yet, he did not leave himself without a witness, for he gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling you with food and gladness in your hearts.
  • Jas 5:17-18 : 17 Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. 18 Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
  • 1 Kgs 18:44-45 : 44 On the seventh time, the servant reported, "Behold, a small cloud, as small as a man’s hand, is rising from the sea." So Elijah said, "Go and tell Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.'" 45 In a short while, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. Ahab mounted his chariot and rode to Jezreel.
  • Job 36:27-33 : 27 For He draws up the drops of water; they distill as rain into His mist. 28 The clouds pour it out; they drip upon mankind in abundance. 29 Moreover, can anyone understand the expanse of the clouds, or the thunderings of His pavilion? 30 Behold, He spreads His light over it and covers the depths of the sea. 31 For by these He judges the peoples; He gives food in abundance. 32 He covers His hands with the lightning and commands it to strike its target. 33 Its thundering declares His presence; the storm speaks of His power.
  • Job 38:24-27 : 24 What is the way to the place where the light is divided, or the east wind scattered over the earth? 25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain and a path for the thunderstorm, 26 to water a land where no man lives, an uninhabited desert, 27 to satisfy the desolate and waste ground and make the dry, barren land produce grass?
  • Ps 65:9-9 : 9 The whole earth is awed by your signs; where morning dawns and evening fades, you call forth songs of joy. 10 You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have prepared it. 11 You water its furrows abundantly, settle its ridges, and soften it with showers, blessing its growth. 12 You crown the year with your bounty, and your paths overflow with abundance. 13 The wilderness pastures overflow, and the hills are clothed with joy.

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  • Ps 104:12-14
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    12The birds of the sky nest nearby; they sing among the branches.

    13He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.

    14He causes the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for people to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth,

  • Job 5:10
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    10He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.

  • Ps 135:7
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    7He brings up clouds from the ends of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain and brings out the wind from His storehouses.

  • Job 38:26-28
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    26to water a land where no man lives, an uninhabited desert,

    27to satisfy the desolate and waste ground and make the dry, barren land produce grass?

    28Does the rain have a father, or who gives birth to the dew drops?

  • Ps 147:9
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    9He provides food for the animals and for the young ravens when they cry.

  • Job 37:6
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    6He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,' and to the rain showers, 'Be strong.'

  • Job 36:27-29
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    27For He draws up the drops of water; they distill as rain into His mist.

    28The clouds pour it out; they drip upon mankind in abundance.

    29Moreover, can anyone understand the expanse of the clouds, or the thunderings of His pavilion?

  • Ps 148:8-10
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    8fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy winds obeying His word,

    9you mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,

    10wild animals and all livestock, creatures that crawl and flying birds,

  • Ps 104:2-3
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    2You cover Yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.

    3He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; He makes the clouds His chariot and walks on the wings of the wind.

  • Ps 147:7
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    7Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music to our God with the harp.

  • Zech 10:1
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    1Ask the LORD for rain in the spring season. It is the LORD who makes lightning flashes and provides abundant rain for everyone, giving vegetation in the fields.

  • Ps 65:9-10
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    9The whole earth is awed by your signs; where morning dawns and evening fades, you call forth songs of joy.

    10You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have prepared it.

  • Ps 72:6
    73%

    6He will come down like rain upon cut grass, like showers that water the earth.

  • Jer 51:15-16
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    15He made the earth by His power, established the world by His wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

    16When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings forth wind from His storehouses.

  • Jer 14:22
    72%

    22Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Can the skies themselves send showers? No, it is You, LORD our God. Therefore, we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.

  • Isa 55:10
    72%

    10As the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there without watering the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, providing seed for the sower and bread for the eater,

  • Heb 6:7
    72%

    7For the land that drinks in the rain that often falls on it and produces crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God.

  • Job 37:11
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    11Even with moisture, He loads the thick clouds and scatters His lightning from them.

  • Amos 4:13
    72%

    13For behold, He who forms the mountains and creates the wind, who reveals His thoughts to mankind, who turns dawn to darkness and treads on the heights of the earth—the LORD God of Hosts is His name.

  • Ps 104:8
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    8The mountains rose, the valleys went down to the place You established for them.

  • Job 26:8-9
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    8He binds up the waters in his clouds, yet the cloud is not torn apart beneath them.

    9He covers the face of his throne and spreads his cloud over it.

  • Amos 9:6
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    6He builds His chambers in the heavens and establishes His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them out on the face of the earth—the Lord is His name.

  • Ps 8:8
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    8sheep and cattle, all of them, and even the beasts of the field,

  • Job 38:34
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    34Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?

  • Ps 104:10
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    10He sends springs into the valleys; they flow between the mountains.

  • Ps 104:32
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    32He gazes at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

  • Jer 10:13
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    13At the sound of His thunder, water roars in the heavens. He causes clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings wind out of His storehouses.

  • Ps 146:6
    71%

    6He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains faithful forever.

  • Job 39:8
    71%

    8It searches the mountains for its grazing, pursuing every green thing.

  • Isa 40:22
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    22He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.

  • Job 36:32
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    32He covers His hands with the lightning and commands it to strike its target.

  • Ps 65:12
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    12You crown the year with your bounty, and your paths overflow with abundance.

  • Ps 147:18
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    18He sends out His word and melts them; He makes His wind blow, and the waters flow.

  • Ps 68:9
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    9The earth shook, and the heavens poured rain at the presence of God, the One of Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

  • Isa 30:23
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    23He will also send rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows.

  • Job 9:8
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    8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

  • Ps 8:1
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    1For the chief musician, on the Gittith, a psalm of David.

  • Deut 11:15
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    15I will also provide grass in your fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.