Psalms 18:12

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He made darkness His covering, His canopy around Him—the dark rain clouds of the skies.

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  • Josh 10:11 : 11 As they fled before Israel down the road from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD hurled large hailstones down on them from heaven, and they died. More of them died from the hailstones than were killed by the swords of the Israelites.
  • 2 Sam 22:13-15 : 13 From the brightness of his presence, coals of fire blazed forth. 14 The LORD thundered from the heavens; the Most High gave his voice. 15 He shot arrows and scattered them; lightning, and he routed them.
  • Ps 97:3-4 : 3 Fire goes before Him and burns up His adversaries all around. 4 His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 You cover Yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.
  • Hab 3:4-5 : 4 His radiance was like sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power was hidden. 5 Plague went before Him, and pestilence followed His steps.
  • Matt 17:2 : 2 There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!'
  • Rev 16:21 : 21 Huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, fell from heaven on people, and they cursed God because of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible.
  • Exod 9:23-24 : 23 When Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt. 24 Hail fell and lightning flashed back and forth. It was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 18:13-14
    2 verses
    91%

    13Out of the brightness of His presence, His clouds advanced, with hailstones and burning coals of fire.

    14The LORD thundered from the heavens; the Most High uttered His voice, with hailstones and burning coals.

  • 2 Sam 22:12-15
    4 verses
    87%

    12He made darkness his covering around him, dense clouds of water and thick clouds of the skies.

    13From the brightness of his presence, coals of fire blazed forth.

    14The LORD thundered from the heavens; the Most High gave his voice.

    15He shot arrows and scattered them; lightning, and he routed them.

  • Ps 18:11
    81%

    11He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

  • Ps 148:8
    81%

    8fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy winds obeying His word,

  • Ps 18:8-9
    2 verses
    80%

    8Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because He was angry.

    9Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; burning coals blazed forth from Him.

  • 2 Sam 22:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9Smoke rose from his nostrils, and consuming fire came from his mouth; burning coals blazed out from him.

    10He parted the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.

  • Ps 97:2-5
    4 verses
    78%

    2Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

    3Fire goes before Him and burns up His adversaries all around.

    4His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

    5The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.

  • Isa 30:30
    78%

    30The LORD will cause his majestic voice to be heard and will display the strength of his arm with furious anger and consuming fire, with a cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.

  • Hab 3:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    4His radiance was like sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power was hidden.

    5Plague went before Him, and pestilence followed His steps.

  • Ps 105:32
    77%

    32He gave them hail for rain, and lightning that flashed through their land.

  • Ps 77:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and trembled; even the depths were shaken.

    18The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth sound; Your arrows flashed back and forth.

  • Ps 78:48
    76%

    48He gave over their cattle to the hail and their livestock to lightning.

  • Nah 1:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5The mountains quake before him and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, the world and all who live in it.

    6Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are shattered before him.

  • Job 36:32
    75%

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

  • Job 37:11
    75%

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

  • Job 22:14
    74%

    14Clouds cover Him so He cannot see as He walks on the circle of the heavens.

  • Ps 83:14
    73%

    14My God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.

  • Exod 9:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23When Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.

    24Hail fell and lightning flashed back and forth. It was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.

  • Jer 10:13
    73%

    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.

  • Job 26:9
    73%

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

  • Job 37:3
    73%

    3He unleashes it under the whole sky, and His lightning to the edges of the earth.

  • Job 37:21-22
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    73%

    21Now no one sees the bright light in the clouds, but the wind has passed and cleared them.

    22From the north comes golden splendor; around God is awesome majesty.

  • Jer 51:16
    73%

    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.

  • Job 37:6
    73%

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

  • Job 28:26
    73%

    26when He made a decree for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,

  • Ps 29:7
    72%

    7The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of fire.

  • Ps 78:14
    72%

    14By day He led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.

  • Ps 144:6
    72%

    6Send forth lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and confuse them.

  • Ps 147:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17He hurls down His hail like crumbs; who can stand before His cold?

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

  • Job 37:18
    72%

    18Can you spread out the skies with Him, as firm as a molten mirror?

  • Job 41:21
    72%

    21Clubs are regarded as stubble; he laughs at the rattling of javelins.

  • Ps 11:6
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    6On the wicked he will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur; a scorching wind will be their lot.

  • Ps 135:7
    72%

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

  • Mic 1:4
    72%

    4The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split open like wax before the fire, like water cascading down a slope.

  • Ps 104:3
    71%

    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.