Psalms 72:6

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • Deut 32:2 : 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:
  • 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.
  • 2 Sam 23:4 : 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
  • Ps 65:10 : 10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
  • Prov 16:15 : 15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
  • Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
  • 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.
  • Isa 14:3-5 : 3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, 4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
  • Ezek 34:23-26 : 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it. 25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. 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.
  • Hos 14:5-7 : 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

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  • Ps 72:7-8
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    7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

    8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

  • 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

  • 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:

  • 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:

  • 16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

  • Job 36:27-28
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    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.

  • 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

  • 6 Let them be as the grass upon the houseto, which withereth afore it groweth up:

  • 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.

  • 7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:

  • 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.

  • Hos 14:5-6
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    5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

    6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

  • 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.

  • 4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

  • Ps 104:13-14
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    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;

  • 5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

  • 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

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

  • 11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

  • 6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

  • 24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powr and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be stroyed.

  • 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.

  • 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

  • 6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

  • 5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.

  • 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

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    3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

  • Ps 90:5-6
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    5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

    6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

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

  • 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

  • 19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

  • 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

  • 9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

  • 13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

  • 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

  • 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

  • 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.