Job 29:23
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
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Referenced Verses
- Zech 10:1 : 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 72:6 : 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
- Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
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- Job 29:21-222 verses82%
21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
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24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
- Job 32:15-162 verses73%
15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
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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.
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14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
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13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
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131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
- Deut 32:1-22 verses71%
1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the w, as the small rain upon the tenr herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
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24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
- Job 36:27-282 verses70%
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.
- Jer 17:15-162 verses70%
15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.
16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
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10 For 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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21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
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24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
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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.
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11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
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3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
- Ps 130:5-62 verses68%
5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
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8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
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10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
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14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
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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.
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2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
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10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
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17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
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27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
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1 To the chief Musician, A alm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
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4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
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41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
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23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
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3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
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16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
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7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
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31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
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23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
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19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
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49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
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13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
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6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my ste, when they wait for my soul.
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4 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
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23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
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7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
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27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
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26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.