Proverbs 3:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

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  • Gen 7:11 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of heaven were opened.
  • Deut 33:28 : 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be on a land of grain and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
  • Job 36:27-28 : 27 For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to their vapor: 28 Which the clouds drop and distill upon man abundantly.
  • Job 38:8-9 : 8 Or who closed up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 9 When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it, 10 And fixed My limit for it, and set bars and doors, 11 And said, This far you shall come, but no further; and here shall your proud waves be stopped?
  • Job 38:26-28 : 26 To cause it to rain on the earth where no one is, on the wilderness, where there is no man; 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the sprout of tender grass to spring forth? 28 Does the rain have a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
  • Ps 65:9-9 : 9 You visit the earth and water it; You greatly enrich it with the river of God, which is full of water; You prepare them grain, for so You have provided for it. 10 You water its ridges abundantly; You settle its furrows; You make it soft with showers; You bless its growth. 11 You crown the year with Your goodness; and Your paths drip with abundance. 12 They drop on the pastures of the wilderness; and the little hills rejoice on every side.
  • Gen 27:28 : 28 Therefore God give you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine:
  • Gen 27:37-39 : 37 And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants; and with grain and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now for you, my son? 38 And Esau said to his father, Have you 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 to him, Behold, your 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 idols of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait upon You, for You have made all these things.
  • Joel 2:23 : 23 Be glad then, children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given you the former rain in due measure, and he will cause the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain in the first month.
  • Gen 1:9 : 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together in 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 to the place which You have founded for them. 9 You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they may not return to cover the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 3:19
    83%

    19The LORD by wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding he has established the heavens.

  • Job 36:27-30
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    78%

    27For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to their vapor:

    28Which the clouds drop and distill upon man abundantly.

    29Also can anyone understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tent?

    30Behold, he spreads his light upon it, and covers the bottom of the sea.

  • Jer 10:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

    13When he utters his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning with rain, and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

  • Jer 51:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

    16When He utters His voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightnings with rain, and brings forth the wind out of His treasures.

  • Prov 8:27-29
    3 verses
    76%

    27When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a boundary upon the face of the depth;

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

    29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not go beyond his command; when he appointed the foundations of the earth,

  • Job 37:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10By the breath of God frost is given, and the breadth of the waters is frozen.

    11Also by watering he burdens the thick cloud, he scatters his bright cloud.

  • Job 37:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15Do you know when God arranged them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

    16Do you know the balancing of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

  • Prov 2:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5Then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.

    6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

  • Ps 33:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

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

    7He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; he lays up the depths in storehouses.

  • Job 38:28
    74%

    28Does the rain have a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

  • Job 38:37
    73%

    37Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

  • Ps 135:7
    73%

    7He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain; he brings the wind out of his treasuries.

  • Job 26:8
    72%

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

  • Ps 104:13
    72%

    13He waters the hills from His chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.

  • Ps 18:15
    72%

    15Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

  • Job 12:15
    72%

    15Behold, He withholds the waters, and they dry up: also He sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

  • Job 26:10-13
    4 verses
    72%

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

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

    12He divides the sea with His power, and by His understanding He strikes through the proud.

    13By His spirit He has adorned the heavens; His hand has formed the crooked serpent.

  • Job 5:10
    71%

    10Who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields:

  • Job 38:30
    71%

    30The waters are hidden like stone, and the surface of the deep is frozen.

  • Job 28:11
    71%

    11He binds the floods from overflowing; and the hidden thing he brings forth to light.

  • Job 37:6
    71%

    6For he says to the snow, 'Be on the earth;' likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

  • Prov 3:21
    71%

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

  • 2 Pet 3:5
    71%

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

  • 2 Sam 22:16
    71%

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

  • Job 38:16
    71%

    16Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

  • Prov 24:4
    71%

    4And by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

  • Deut 32:2
    71%

    2My teaching shall drop as the rain, my words shall distill as the dew, as the gentle rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

  • Job 28:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26When he made a decree for the rain, and a path for the lightning of the thunder,

    27Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, indeed, he searched it out.

  • Job 38:25
    70%

    25Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder,

  • Ps 147:18
    70%

    18He sends out his word, and melts them: he causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

  • Ps 104:3
    70%

    3Who lays the beams of His chambers in the waters: who makes the clouds His chariot: who walks upon the wings of the wind:

  • Amos 9:6
    70%

    6It is he who builds his chambers in the heaven, and has founded his troop in the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.

  • Prov 18:4
    70%

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

  • Ps 78:15
    70%

    15He split the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as from the great depths.

  • Job 38:34
    70%

    34Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that an abundance of water may cover you?