Acts 14:17

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Neuerthelesse, he left not hym selfe without witnesse, in that he shewed his benefites from heauen, in geuyng vs rayne and fruitefull seasons, fillyng our heartes with foode and gladnesse.

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  • Job 5:10 : 10 He geueth rayne vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,
  • Deut 11:14 : 14 I also wyll geue rayne vnto your lande in due season, the first rayne and the latter, that thou mayest gather in thy corne, thy wine, and thyne oyle.
  • Rom 1:19-20 : 19 For that that may be knowen of God, is manifest among them, because God hath shewed it vnto them. 20 For his inuisible thinges, being vnderstanded by his workes, through the creation of the worlde, are seene, that is, both his eternall power and godhead: So that they are without excuse.
  • Lev 26:4 : 4 I wyll sende you rayne in due season, and the lande shall yeelde her increase, and the trees of the fielde shall geue their fruite:
  • Deut 28:12 : 12 The Lorde shall open vnto thee his good treasure, euen the heauen to geue rayne vnto thy land in due season, & to blesse all thy labours of thy hande: And thou shalt lende vnto many nations, but shalt not borowe thy selfe.
  • 1 Kgs 18:1 : 1 After processe of many dayes, the word of the Lord came to Elias in the third yere, saying: Go shewe thy selfe vnto Ahab, and I wyll sende rayne vpon the earth.
  • Neh 9:25 : 25 And they wanne their strong cities, and a fat lande, and toke possession of houses that were full of all maner of goodes, welles digged out, vineyards, oliue gardens, & many fruiteful trees: and they did eate, and were filled, and became fat, and liued in pleasure through thy great goodnesse.
  • Deut 8:12-14 : 12 Yea, and when thou hast eaten and filled thy selfe, and hast buylt goodly houses and dwelt therein: 13 And when thy beastes and thy sheepe are waxen many, and thy siluer and golde is multiplied, and all that thou hast is encreased: 14 Then beware lest thyne heart ryse, and thou forget the Lorde thy God, whiche brought thee out of the lande of Egypt, and from the house of bondage:
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them which are riche in this world, that they be not hie minded, nor trust in vncertayne riches: but in ye lyuyng God, which geueth vs aboundauntly all thinges to enioy:
  • Jas 5:17-18 : 17 Elias was a man vnder infirmities euen as we are, and he prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne: and it rayned not on the earth by the space of three yeres and sixe monethes. 18 And he prayed againe, and the heauen gaue rayne, & the earth brought foorth her fruite.
  • Job 37:6 : 6 He commaundeth the snow, and it falleth vpon earth: he geueth the rayne a charge, and the showres haue their strength and fall downe.
  • Job 38:26-28 : 26 To cause it to rayne on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernesse where none inhabiteth? 27 To satisfie the desolate and waste grounde, and to cause the budde of the hearbe to spring foorth. 28 Who is the father of the rayne? or who hath begotten the droppes of the deawe?
  • Ps 19:1-4 : 1 To the chiefe musition, a psalme of Dauid. The heauens declare the glorie of God: and the firmament sheweth his handy worke. 2 A day occasioneth talke therof vnto a day: and a night teacheth knoweledge vnto a nyght. 3 No language, no wordes, no voyce of theirs is hearde: 4 yet their sounde goeth into all landes, and their wordes into the endes of the worlde.In them he hath set a tabernacle for the sunne:
  • Ps 36:5-7 : 5 Thy mercy O God reacheth vnto heauen: and thy faythfulnes vnto the cloudes. 6 Thy righteousnes is like the mountaynes of God: thy iudgementes are a great deapth, thou sauest both man and beast O God. 7 How excellent is thy mercy O Lord: therefore the chyldren of men shall put their trust vnder the shadowe of thy winges.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 To the chiefe musition, a wyse instruction of Dauid, when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul and tolde him, saying: Dauid is come to the house of Achimelek. Why boastest thy self thou tiraunt of mischiefe? the goodnes of God dayly endureth.
  • Ps 65:9-9 : 9 Thou visitest the earth, and thou makest it ouerflowne, thou enrichest it greatly: the riuer of God is full of water, thou preparest their corne, for so thou ordaynest it. 10 Thou waterest her forowes, thou breakest downe her hillockes: thou makest it soft with the drops of rayne, and blessest the increase of it. 11 Thou crownest the yere with thy goodnes: and thy cloudes drop fatnes. 12 They drop vpon the dwellinges of the wyldernesse: and hilles be compassed with ioy. 13 The downes be couered with sheepe: the valleys stande thicke with corne so that they showte for ioy and also sing.
  • Ps 68:9-9 : 9 Thou O Lorde dydst cause rayne to fall at thy gratious pleasure: and when thine inheritaunce was weery, thou dydst hearten it. 10 Thy flocke dwelleth there: for thou O Lorde doest of thy goodnesse prepare for the poore.
  • Ps 104:24-28 : 24 O God howe manyfolde are thy workes? thou hast made them al in wisdome, the earth is ful of thy ryches. 25 So is the sea it selfe large and wyde in compasse: wherein are thinges creeping innumerable, both small and great beastes. 26 There go the shippes, and there is that Leuiathan: whom thou hast made to take his pastime therin. 27 These wayte all vpon thee: that thou mayest geue them meate in due season. 28 When thou geuest it them, they gather it: and when thou openest thyne hand, they are filled with that which is good.
  • Ps 145:9 : 9 God is good vnto euery man: and his mercie is ouer all his workes.
  • Ps 145:15-16 : 15 The eyes of all wayte vpon thee: and thou geuest them their meate in due season. 16 Thou openest thyne hande: and thou satisfiest the desire of euery thing liuing.
  • Ps 147:7-8 : 7 Syng ye vnto God with a confession: syng psalmes vpon the Harpe vnto our Lorde. 8 Who couereth the heauen with cloudes: who prepareth rayne for the earth, who maketh grasse to growe vppon the mountaynes.
  • Isa 5:6 : 6 I wyll lay it waste, it shall neither be digged nor cut, but beare thornes and briers: I wyll also forbyd the cloudes that they shall not rayne vpon it.
  • Isa 22:13 : 13 And beholde they haue ioy and gladnesse, slaying oxen, and kyllyng sheepe, eatyng fleshe, and drynkyng wine: Let vs eate and drynke, for to morowe we shall dye.
  • Jer 5:24 : 24 They thinke not in their heartes, O let vs feare the Lord our God, who geueth vs raine early and late when nede is, whiche kepeth euer still the haruest for vs yerely.
  • Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the gods of the gentiles that sende rayne, or geue the showres from heauen? Art not thou thy selfe our Lorde God? we wyll trust in thee, for thou doest all these thynges.
  • Ezek 34:26 : 26 And I wyll set them as a blessing euen rounde about my hill, and I wyll cause raine to come downe in due season, and there shalbe raine of blessing.
  • Joel 2:23 : 23 Be glad then ye children of Sion, and reioyce in the Lorde your God: for he hath geuen you moderate rayne, & he wyll sende downe for you the rayne, euen the first rayne & the latter rayne, in the first moneth.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 That ye may be the chyldren of your father, which is in heauen. For he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euyll, and on the good, and sendeth rayne on the iust, and on the vniust.
  • Luke 6:35 : 35 But loue ye your enemies, & do good, and lende, lokyng for nothyng agayne: and your rewarde shalbe great, and ye shalbe the chyldren of the hyest: for he is kynde vnto the vnkynde, & to the euyll.
  • Acts 17:27-28 : 27 That they shoulde seke the Lorde, yf perhappes they myght haue felt and founde hym, though he be not farre fro euery one of vs. 28 For in hym we liue, and moue, & haue our beyng, as certaine of your owne poetes sayde: for we are also his offpryng.

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    15 And saying: Sirs, why do ye these thynges? We are mortall men lyke vnto you, and preach vnto you, that ye shoulde turne from these vanities, vnto the lyuyng God, which made heauen and earth, and the sea, and all thynges that are therin.

    16 The which in tymes past suffred all nations to walke in their owne wayes.

  • 24 They thinke not in their heartes, O let vs feare the Lord our God, who geueth vs raine early and late when nede is, whiche kepeth euer still the haruest for vs yerely.

  • 18 And with these sayinges, scarce refrayned they the people, that they had not done sacrifice vnto them.

  • 10 He geueth rayne vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,

  • 25 Neither is worshipped with mens handes, as though he needed of any thing, seing he him selfe geueth life and breath to all, euery where.

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    13 He watereth the hilles from aboue: the earth is replenished with the fruite of thy workes.

    14 He causeth grasse to growe for cattell: and hearbes for the vse of man.

    15 That he may bryng foorth foode out of the earth: both wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oyle to make hym haue a chearefull countenaunce, & also bread to strengthen mans heart.

  • 22 Are there any among the gods of the gentiles that sende rayne, or geue the showres from heauen? Art not thou thy selfe our Lorde God? we wyll trust in thee, for thou doest all these thynges.

  • 7 For the earth which drynketh in the rayne that commeth oft vppon it, and bringeth foorth hearbes meete for them by whom also it is dressed, receaueth blessyng of God:

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    7 Thou hast put gladnesse in my heart: since the time that their corne and wine increased.

  • 27 That they shoulde seke the Lorde, yf perhappes they myght haue felt and founde hym, though he be not farre fro euery one of vs.

  • 4 The merciful and gratious God: hath so left a remembraunce of his meruaylous workes.

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    9 Thou visitest the earth, and thou makest it ouerflowne, thou enrichest it greatly: the riuer of God is full of water, thou preparest their corne, for so thou ordaynest it.

    10 Thou waterest her forowes, thou breakest downe her hillockes: thou makest it soft with the drops of rayne, and blessest the increase of it.

  • 31 For by these gouerneth he his people, and geueth them aboundance of meate.

  • Ps 104:27-28
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    27 These wayte all vpon thee: that thou mayest geue them meate in due season.

    28 When thou geuest it them, they gather it: and when thou openest thyne hand, they are filled with that which is good.

  • 8 Who couereth the heauen with cloudes: who prepareth rayne for the earth, who maketh grasse to growe vppon the mountaynes.

  • 4 God bearyng witnesse therto both with signes & wonders also, and with diuers powers and gyftes of the holy ghost, accordyng to his owne wyll.

  • 8 And God whiche knoweth the heartes, bare them witnesse, and gaue vnto them the holy ghost, euen as he dyd vnto vs:

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    8 O that men would confesse vnto God his louyng kindnesse: and his marueylous actes done to the chyldren of men.

    9 For he satisfieth the greedie soule: and filleth the hungry soule with goodnes.

  • 7 He causeth cloudes to ascende from the lowest part of the earth: he maketh it to lighten when it rayneth, he bringeth wyndes out of his treasure houses.

  • 20 And thou gauest them thy good spirite to enfourme them, and withheldest not thy Manna from their mouth, and gauest them water when they were thirstie.

  • 13 For all that a man eateth & drynketh, yea whatsoeuer a man enioyeth of all his labour: that same is a gyft of God.

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    27 Sometime he restrayneth the rayne, and againe he sendeth rayne by his cloudes:

    28 Which rayne the cloudes do droppe, and let fall aboundantly vpon men.

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    23 And yet he commaunded the cloudes aboue: and opened the doores of heauen.

    24 He raigned downe Manna also vpon them, that they shoulde eate: and gaue them corne from heauen.

  • 3 Long tyme therfore abode they there, and quyt them selues boldely, with the helpe of the Lorde, which gaue testimonie vnto the worde of his grace, and graunted signes & wonders to be done by their handes.

  • 14 I also wyll geue rayne vnto your lande in due season, the first rayne and the latter, that thou mayest gather in thy corne, thy wine, and thyne oyle.

  • 9 Thou O Lorde dydst cause rayne to fall at thy gratious pleasure: and when thine inheritaunce was weery, thou dydst hearten it.

  • 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shyne vpon the earth,

  • 5 He loueth righteousnes & iudgement: the earth is ful of the goodnes of God.

  • 20 For his inuisible thinges, being vnderstanded by his workes, through the creation of the worlde, are seene, that is, both his eternall power and godhead: So that they are without excuse.

  • 26 To cause it to rayne on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernesse where none inhabiteth?

  • 1 To the chiefe musition, a Psalme of Dauid. The foole hath sayde in his heart there is no God: they haue corrupted them selues and done an abhominable worke, there is not one that doth good.

  • 23 Be glad then ye children of Sion, and reioyce in the Lorde your God: for he hath geuen you moderate rayne, & he wyll sende downe for you the rayne, euen the first rayne & the latter rayne, in the first moneth.

  • 11 That in all thynges ye may be made riche into all singlenesse, which causeth through vs, that thankes are geuen vnto God.

  • 6 He commaundeth the snow, and it falleth vpon earth: he geueth the rayne a charge, and the showres haue their strength and fall downe.

  • 4 Eyther despisest thou the rychesse of his goodnes, & pacience, and long sufferaunce, not knowyng that the kyndnesse of god leadeth thee to repentauce?

  • 20 For he thinketh not much howe long he shall lyue, forasmuch as God fylleth his heart with gladnesse.

  • 6 He hath declared vnto his people the force of his workes: in geuing them the inheritaunce of the Heathen.

  • 17 Euery good geuyng, and euery perfect gyft is from aboue, and cometh downe from the father of lyghtes, with who is no variablenes, neither shadow of turnyng.