Psalms 147:17

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He throws his hailstones like crumbs. Who can withstand the cold wind he sends?

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  • Exod 9:23-25 : 23 When Moses extended his staff toward the sky, the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire fell to the earth; so the LORD caused hail to rain down on the land of Egypt. 24 Hail fell and fire mingled with the hail; the hail was so severe that there had not been any like it in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation. 25 The hail struck everything in the open fields, both people and animals, throughout all the land of Egypt. The hail struck everything that grows in the field, and it broke all the trees of the field to pieces.
  • Josh 10:11 : 11 As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from Beth Horon, the LORD threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, all the way to Azekah. They died– in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.
  • Job 37:9-9 : 9 A tempest blows out from its chamber, icy cold from the driving winds. 10 The breath of God produces ice, and the breadth of the waters freeze solid.
  • Job 38:22-23 : 22 Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail, 23 which I reserve for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
  • Job 38:29-30 : 29 From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it, 30 when the waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?
  • Ps 78:47-48 : 47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-fig trees with driving rain. 48 He rained hail down on their cattle, and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 147:15-16
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    86%

    15 He sends his command through the earth; swiftly his order reaches its destination.

    16 He sends the snow that is white like wool; he spreads the frost that is white like ashes.

  • 18 He then orders it all to melt; he breathes on it, and the water flows.

  • Job 37:9-12
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    9 A tempest blows out from its chamber, icy cold from the driving winds.

    10 The breath of God produces ice, and the breadth of the waters freeze solid.

    11 He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.

    12 The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world.

  • Job 37:5-6
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    5 God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.

    6 For to the snow he says,‘Fall to earth,’ and to the torrential rains,‘Pour down.’

  • Job 38:29-30
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    29 From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it,

    30 when the waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?

  • 8 O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders,

  • Nah 1:5-6
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    5 The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste.

    6 No one can withstand his indignation! No one can resist his fierce anger! His wrath is poured out like volcanic fire, boulders are broken up as he approaches.

  • Ps 18:12-15
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    12 From the brightness in front of him came hail and fiery coals.

    13 The LORD thundered in the sky; the Most High shouted.

    14 He shot his arrows and scattered them, many lightning bolts and routed them.

    15 The depths of the sea were exposed; the inner regions of the world were uncovered by your battle cry, LORD, by the powerful breath from your nose.

  • 14 Does the snow ever completely vanish from the rocky slopes of Lebanon? Do the cool waters from those distant mountains ever cease to flow?

  • 7 He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

  • 22 Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail,

  • 16 When his voice thunders, the waters in the heavens roar. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.

  • Job 37:17-18
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    17 You, whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind,

    18 will you, with him, spread out the clouds, solid as a mirror of molten metal?

  • 22 From the north he comes in golden splendor; around God is awesome majesty.

  • Job 6:16-17
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    16 They are dark because of ice; snow is piled up over them.

    17 When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish from their place.

  • 27 He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its mist,

  • 13 When his voice thunders, the heavenly ocean roars. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.

  • 32 It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had a head of white hair.

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    15 He shot arrows and scattered them, lightning and routed them.

    16 The depths of the sea were exposed; the inner regions of the world were uncovered by the LORD’s battle cry, by the powerful breath from his nose.

  • 3 and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind.

  • 25 He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.

  • 7 The LORD’s shout strikes with flaming fire.

  • 30 The LORD will give a mighty shout and intervene in power, with furious anger and flaming, destructive fire, with a driving rainstorm and hailstones.

  • Job 38:24-25
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    24 In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth?

    25 Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder,

  • 3 Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.

  • 8 When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.

  • Job 26:11-12
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    11 The pillars of the heavens tremble and are amazed at his rebuke.

    12 By his power he stills the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab the great sea monster to pieces.

  • 9 Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.

  • 8 He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.

  • Ps 97:3-4
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    3 Fire goes before him; on every side it burns up his enemies.

    4 His lightning bolts light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

  • 15 If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.

  • 47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-fig trees with driving rain.