Psalms 78:23

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He gave a command to the clouds above, and opened the doors in the sky.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 7:11 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month– on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
  • Mal 3:10 : 10 “Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out blessing for you until there is no room for it all.
  • 2 Kgs 7:2 : 2 An officer who was the king’s right-hand man responded to the prophet,“Look, even if the LORD made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” Elisha said,“Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!”
  • 2 Kgs 7:19 : 19 But the officer replied to the prophet,“Look, even if the LORD made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” Elisha said,“Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!”
  • Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spoke, and it came into existence, he issued the decree, and it stood firm.
  • Isa 5:6 : 6 I will make it a wasteland; no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, and thorns and briers will grow there. I will order the clouds not to drop any rain on it.

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  • Ps 78:24-28
    5 verses
    82%

    24He rained down manna for them to eat; he gave them the grain of heaven.

    25Man ate the food of the mighty ones. He sent them more than enough to eat.

    26He brought the east wind through the sky, and by his strength led forth the south wind.

    27He rained down meat on them like dust, birds as numerous as the sand on the seashores.

    28He caused them to fall right in the middle of their camp, all around their homes.

  • Ps 105:40-41
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    72%

    40They asked for food, and he sent quails; he satisfied them with food from the sky.

    41He opened up a rock and water flowed out; a river ran through dry regions.

  • Ps 135:7
    72%

    7He 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.

  • 2 Sam 22:14-15
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    14The LORD thundered from the sky; the Most High shouted loudly.

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

  • Job 26:8-9
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    71%

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

    9He conceals the face of the full moon, shrouding it with his clouds.

  • Ps 18:12-13
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    12From the brightness in front of him came hail and fiery coals.

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

  • Job 37:11
    71%

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

  • Ps 77:17-18
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    17The clouds poured down rain; the skies thundered. Yes, your arrows flashed about.

    18Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind; the lightning bolts lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

  • Jer 51:15-16
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    71%

    15He is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom fixed the world in place, by his understanding he spread out the heavens.

    16When 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.

  • Ps 78:13-16
    4 verses
    71%

    13He divided the sea and led them across it; he made the water stand in a heap.

    14He led them with a cloud by day, and with the light of a fire all night long.

    15He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea.

    16He caused streams to flow from the rock, and made the water flow like rivers.

  • Job 36:32
    71%

    32With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target.

  • Ps 18:9
    70%

    9He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.

  • 2 Sam 22:12
    70%

    12He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.

  • Ps 104:3
    70%

    3and 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.

  • Jer 10:12-13
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    12The LORD is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.

    13When 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.

  • Prov 8:28
    70%

    28when he established the clouds above, when he secured the fountains of the deep,

  • Job 28:26
    70%

    26when he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,

  • Job 22:14
    70%

    14Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.’

  • Ps 78:20
    70%

    20Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?”

  • 2 Sam 22:10
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    10He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.

  • Ps 147:8
    69%

    8He covers the sky with clouds, provides the earth with rain, and causes grass to grow on the hillsides.

  • Job 37:6
    69%

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

  • Ps 115:3
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    3Our God is in heaven! He does whatever he pleases!

  • 2 Kgs 7:19
    69%

    19But the officer replied to the prophet,“Look, even if the LORD made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” Elisha said,“Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!”

  • Ps 107:25
    69%

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

  • Job 36:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

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

    28which the clouds pour down and shower on humankind abundantly.

  • Neh 9:15
    69%

    15You provided bread from heaven for them in their time of hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their time of thirst. You told them to enter in order to possess the land that you had sworn to give them.

  • Ps 78:22
    69%

    22because they did not have faith in God, and did not trust his ability to deliver them.

  • Job 37:3
    69%

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

  • Ps 148:4
    69%

    4Praise him, O highest heaven, and you waters above the sky!

  • Ps 33:6
    69%

    6By the LORD’s decree the heavens were made; and by the breath of his mouth all the starry hosts.

  • Ps 78:48
    69%

    48He rained hail down on their cattle, and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock.

  • Ps 148:8
    69%

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

  • Prov 3:20
    68%

    20By his knowledge the primordial sea was broken open, so that the clouds drip down dew.

  • Job 38:25
    68%

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