Proverbs 3:20

King James Version 1611 (Original)

By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds 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, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
  • Deut 33:28 : 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
  • Job 36:27-28 : 27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: 28 Which the clouds do drop and distil 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 the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 10 And brake up for it my decreed place, 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 the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb 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 with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. 10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows 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 little hills rejoice on every side.
  • Gen 27:28 : 28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and 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 corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto 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, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
  • Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
  • Joel 2:23 : 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause 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 heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
  • Ps 104:8-9 : 8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast 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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    19The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

  • Job 36:27-30
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    27For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

    28Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

    29Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

    30Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

  • Jer 10:12-13
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    12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

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

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  • Prov 8:27-29
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    27When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

    28When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

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  • Job 37:10-11
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    10By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

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  • Job 37:15-16
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    15Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

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    5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

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    6By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

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  • Job 38:28
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    28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

  • Job 38:37
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    37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

  • Ps 135:7
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    7He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

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

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    13He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

  • Ps 18:15
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    15Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

  • Job 12:15
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    15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

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    10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

    11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

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    13By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

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    10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

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    30The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

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    11He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

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

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    5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

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    16And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

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    71%

    16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

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    4And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

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    2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

  • Job 28:26-27
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    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 prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

  • Job 38:25
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    25Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

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    4The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

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

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