James 5:18

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And he prayed agayne, and ye heaue gaue rayne, & ye earth brought forth her frute.

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  • 1 Kgs 18:42-45 : 42 And whan Achab wete vp to eate & drinke. Elias asceded vp to the toppe of Carmel, & bowed him selfe downe to the earth, & put his heade betwene his knees, 43 & sayde vnto his lad: Go vp, and loke towarde the See. He wente vp & loked, & sayde: There is nothinge. He sayde: Go agayne seuen tymes. 44 And at the seueth tyme he sayde: Beholde, there goeth vp a litle cloude out of the see, like a mans hande. He sayde: Go vp, and saie vnto Achab: Bynde yi charet, & go downe, yt the rayne ouertake the not. 45 And or a ma coulde turne him, the heauen was blacke wt cloudes & wynde, & there came a greate rayne. But Achab rode his waie, & departed vnto Iesrael.
  • Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there eny amonge the goddes of the Gentiles, that sende rayne, or geue the showers of heauen? Dost not thou it o LORDE oure God, in who we trust? Yee LORDE, thou dost all these thinges.
  • Acts 14:17 : 17 Neuertheles he hath not left hi selfe without wytnesse, in yt he hath shewed his benefites, and geuen vs rayne from heauen, and frutefull seasons, fyllynge oure hertes with fode and gladnesse.
  • 1 Kgs 18:18 : 18 He sayde: I trouble not Israel, but it is thou and thy fathers house, because ye haue forsaken the commaundementes of the LORDE, and walke after Baal.

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  • Jas 5:15-17
    3 verses
    86%

    15and ye prayer of faith shal saue the sicke, and the LORDE shal rayse him vp: and yf he haue comitted synnes, they shalbe forgeuen him.

    16Knowlege youre fautes one to another: and praye one for another, that ye maye be healed. The prayer of a righteous man auayleth moche, yf it be feruet.

    17Helias was a ma mortall euen as we are, and he prayed in his prayer, that it might not rayne: & it rayned not on the earth by the space of thre yeares and sixe monethes.

  • 1 Kgs 18:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1And after a longe season came ye worde of the LORDE vnto Elias in the thirde yeare, & sayde: Go thy waye, & shewe yi selfe vnto Achab, yt I maye cause it for to rayne vpon earth.

    2And Elias wente to shewe him selfe vnto Achab. But there was a greate derth i Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 8:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35Whan the heauen is shut vp, so yt it rayneth not (for so moch, as they haue synned agaynst the) and yf they make their prayer in this place, and knowlege thy name, and turne from their synnes wha thou troublest them,

    36heare thou them then in heauen, and be mercifull vnto the synnes of thy seruauntes, and of thy people of Israel, that thou mayest shewe them the good waye, wherin they shulde walke, and let it rayne vpon the londe that thou hast geuen thy people to inheritaunce.

  • 1 Kgs 18:41-46
    6 verses
    72%

    41And Elias sayde vnto Achab: Go vp, eate & drynke, for it soundeth as though it wolde rayne sore.

    42And whan Achab wete vp to eate & drinke. Elias asceded vp to the toppe of Carmel, & bowed him selfe downe to the earth, & put his heade betwene his knees,

    43& sayde vnto his lad: Go vp, and loke towarde the See. He wente vp & loked, & sayde: There is nothinge. He sayde: Go agayne seuen tymes.

    44And at the seueth tyme he sayde: Beholde, there goeth vp a litle cloude out of the see, like a mans hande. He sayde: Go vp, and saie vnto Achab: Bynde yi charet, & go downe, yt the rayne ouertake the not.

    45And or a ma coulde turne him, the heauen was blacke wt cloudes & wynde, & there came a greate rayne. But Achab rode his waie, & departed vnto Iesrael.

    46And the hade of ye LORDE came vpo Elias, and he gyrde his loynes, & ranne before Achab, tyll he came vnto Iesrael.

  • 2 Chr 6:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26Whan the heauen is shut vp, so that it rayne not (for so moch as they haue synned agaynst the) and yf they make their prayer in this place, and knowlege thy name, and turne from their synnes (whan thou hast brought them lowe)

    27heare thou them then in heauen, and be mercifull vnto the synne of thy seruauntes, and of thy people of Israel, that thou mayest teach them the good waye wherin they shulde walke, and let it rayne vpon thy londe which thou hast geuen thy people to possesse.

  • Zech 10:1
    72%

    1Praye the LORDE then by tymes to geue you the latter rayne, so shall the LORDE make cloudes, and geue you rayne ynough for all the increase off the felde:

  • Heb 6:7
    71%

    7For the earth, that drynketh in the rayne, which commeth oft vpon it, and bringeth forth herbes mete for them that dresse it, receaueth blessynge of God:

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1And Elias ye The?bite one of the inhabiters of Gilead, saide vnto Achab: As truly as the LORDE God of Israel lyueth, whose seruaunt I am, there shal nether rayne ner dew come this yeare, excepte I speake it.

    2And the worde of the LORDE came vnto him, and sayde:

  • 1 Kgs 17:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7And it fortuned after cerayne dayes, that the riuer was dryed: vp for there was no rayne in the lode.

    8Then came ye worde of ye LORDE vnto him, and sayde:

  • Job 5:10
    70%

    10Which geueth rayne vpo the earth, and poureth water vpon all thinges:

  • Jas 5:7
    70%

    7Be pacient therfore brethren, vnto the comynge of the LORDE. Beholde, the hussbade man wayteth for the precious frute of ye earth, and hath longe pacience there vpon, vntill he receaue the erly and the latter rayne.

  • Deut 11:14
    69%

    14then wyl I geue rayne vnto youre lode in due season, early and late, that thou mayest gather in thy corne, thy wyne and thine oyle:

  • Amos 4:7
    69%

    7Whe there were but thre monethes vnto ye haruest, I withelde the rayne from you: yee I rayned vpo one cite, and not vpo another one pece off grounde was moystured with rayne, and the grounde that I rayned not vpon, was drye.

  • Isa 55:10
    69%

    10And like as the rayne & snowe cometh downe from heaue, & returneth not thither agayne, but watereth the earth, maketh it frutefull & grene, that it maye geue corne & breade vnto the sower:

  • Hag 1:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10Wherfore the heauen is forbydde to geue you eny dew, and the earth is forbydden to geue you encrease.

    11I haue called for a drouth, both vpo the londe & vpon the mountaynes, vpon corne, vpon wyne & vpon oyle, vpon euery thinge that the grounde bryngeth forth, vpon men and vpon catell, yee and vpon all handy laboure.

  • Jas 5:19
    68%

    19Brethren, yf eny of you erre fro the trueth and another conuert him,

  • Deut 11:17
    68%

    17and then the wrath of the LORDE waxe whote vpo you, and he shut vp the heaue, that there come no rayne, and the earth geue not hir increase, & ye perishe shortly from the good lode, which the LORDE hath geuen you.

  • Lev 26:4
    68%

    4the wyl I geue you rayne in due season, and ye londe shal geue hir increase, and the trees of ye felde shal brynge forth their frute.

  • 1 Kgs 18:35
    67%

    35And ye water ranne aboute the altare, and ye pytt was full of water also.

  • 1 Sam 12:18
    67%

    18And whan Samuel called vpon the LORDE, the LORDE caused it to thoder and raine the same daye. Then all the people feared the LORDE greatly and Samuel,

  • Job 38:26-27
    2 verses
    66%

    26yt it watereth & moystureth ye drye & baren grounde:

    27to make the grasse growe in places where no body dwelleth, & in the wildernes where no ma remayneth?

  • 2 Kgs 1:13
    66%

    13Now whan he came to him, he kneled to Elias, and besoughte him, and sayde vnto him: Thou man of God, let my soule and ye soules of thy seruauntes these fyftye, be somwhat worth in thy syghte.

  • Jer 14:22
    66%

    22Are there eny amonge the goddes of the Gentiles, that sende rayne, or geue the showers of heauen? Dost not thou it o LORDE oure God, in who we trust? Yee LORDE, thou dost all these thinges.

  • Luke 5:16
    66%

    16And he departed in to the wyldernesses, & gaue him self to prayer.

  • Gen 8:2
    66%

    2and the fountaynes of the depe and the wyndowes of heauen were stopte, and the rayne of heaue was forbydden,

  • Jer 5:24
    66%

    24They thinke not in their hartes: O let vs feare the LORDE oure God, that geueth vs rayne early and late, when nede is: which kepeth euer still the haruest for vs yearly.

  • 1 Kgs 17:14
    66%

    14For thus sayeth ye LORDE God of Israel: The meell in the pitcher shall not be spent, & the oyle in ye cruse shall not fayll, vnto the daye yt the LORDE shal cause it for to rayne vpo earth.

  • Gen 2:6
    66%

    6But there arose a myst from the earth, & watered all the londe.

  • Joel 2:23
    65%

    23Be glad then (o ye children of Sion) and reioyse in the LORDE youre God, for he hath geuen you the teacher of rightuousnes: & he it is yt shal sende you downe shuwers of rayne, early and late in the first moneth:

  • Luke 18:1
    65%

    1He tolde them a symilitude, signifienge, yt men ought allwayes to praye, & not to leaue of,

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
    65%

    28And the worde of the LORDE came to Elias the The?bite, & sayde:

  • Job 37:6
    65%

    6When he commaundeth the snowe, it falleth vpon the earth: As soone as he geueth the rayne a charge, Immediatly the showers haue their strength and fall downe

  • Luke 22:41
    65%

    41And he gat him from them aboute a stones cast, and kneled downe, prayed,

  • Exod 9:33
    65%

    33So Moses wente from Pharao out of ye cite, & stretched out his hades vnto ye LORDE. And ye thoder & the hayle ceassed, & the rayne dropped not vpo the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 17:21
    65%

    21And he stretched out him selfe ouer the childe thre tymes, & called vpon the LORDE, and saide: O LORDE my God, let the soule of this childe come agayne in to him.

  • Gen 1:11
    65%

    11And God sayde: let ye earth bringe forth grene grasse and herbe, that beareth sede: & frutefull trees, that maye beare frute, euery one after his kynde, hauynge their owne sede in them selues vpon the earth. And so it came to passe.