Proverbs 16:15
New Living Translation
15 When the king smiles, there is life;
his favor refreshes like a spring rain.
Psalm 72:6
New Living Translation
6 May the king’s rule be refreshing like spring rain on freshly cut grass,
like the showers that water the earth.
Job 29:23-24
New Living Translation
23 They longed for me to speak as people long for rain.
They drank my words like a refreshing spring rain.
24 When they were discouraged, I smiled at them.
My look of approval was precious to them.
Acts 2:28
New Living Translation
28 You have shown me the way of life,
and you will fill me with the joy of your presence.’[a]
Footnotes
- 2:25-28 Ps 16:8-11 (Greek version).
Hosea 6:3
New Living Translation
3 Oh, that we might know the Lord!
Let us press on to know him.
He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn
or the coming of rains in early spring.”
Proverbs 19:12
New Living Translation
12 The king’s anger is like a lion’s roar,
but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Psalm 30:5
New Living Translation
5 For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favor lasts a lifetime!
Weeping may last through the night,
but joy comes with the morning.
Psalm 21:6
New Living Translation
6 You have endowed him with eternal blessings
and given him the joy of your presence.
Psalm 4:6
New Living Translation
6 Many people say, “Who will show us better times?”
Let your face smile on us, Lord.
Zechariah 10:1
New Living Translation
The Lord Will Restore His People
10 Ask the Lord for rain in the spring,
for he makes the storm clouds.
And he will send showers of rain
so every field becomes a lush pasture.
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