Psalms 147:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

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  • Job 5:10 : 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
  • Job 26:8-9 : 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, [and] spreadeth his cloud upon it.
  • Gen 9:14 : 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
  • Ps 104:13-14 : 13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
  • Ps 135:1 : 1 ¶ Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise [him], O ye servants of the LORD.
  • Isa 5:6 : 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
  • 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].
  • Amos 5:7-8 : 7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, 8 [Seek him] that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name:
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 ‹That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.›
  • Acts 14:17 : 17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
  • Jas 5:17-18 : 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
  • 1 Kgs 18:44-45 : 44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare [thy chariot], and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. 45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
  • Job 36:27-33 : 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. 29 Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise of his tabernacle? 30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. 31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. 32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not to shine] by [the cloud] that cometh betwixt. 33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
  • Job 38:24-27 : 24 By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth? 25 ¶ Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 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?
  • 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. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

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    12By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, [which] sing among the branches.

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

    14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

  • Job 5:10
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    10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

  • 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.

  • Job 38:26-28
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    26To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man;

    27To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

    28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

  • Ps 147:9
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    9He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry.

  • Job 37:6
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    6¶ For he saith to the snow, Be thou [on] the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

  • Job 36:27-29
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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?

  • Ps 148:8-10
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    74%

    8Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:

    9Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:

    10Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:

  • Ps 104:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

    3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

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    7Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

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    1¶ Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; [so] the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

  • Ps 65:9-10
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    9Thou 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.

    10Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.

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    6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.

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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.

    16When he uttereth [his] voice, [there is] a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

  • Jer 14:22
    72%

    22Are 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].

  • Isa 55:10
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    10For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

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    11Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

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    13For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what [is] his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, [is] his name.

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    8They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

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    72%

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

    9He holdeth back the face of his throne, [and] spreadeth his cloud upon it.

  • Amos 9:6
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    6[It is] he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name.

  • Ps 8:8
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  • Job 38:34
    71%

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

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    10¶ He sendeth the springs into the valleys, [which] run among the hills.

  • Ps 104:32
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  • Jer 10:13
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    71%

    6Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein [is]: which keepeth truth for ever:

  • Job 39:8
    71%

    8The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

  • Isa 40:22
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    22[It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof [are] as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

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    71%

    32With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not to shine] by [the cloud] that cometh betwixt.

  • Ps 65:12
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    12They drop [upon] the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.

  • Ps 147:18
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    18He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, [and] the waters flow.

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    8Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

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    15And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.