Proverbs 3:20
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20 By His knowledge the depths were (A)broken up,
And clouds drop down the dew.
Genesis 7:11
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11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on (A)that day all (B)the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the (C)windows of heaven were opened.
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Psalm 65:9-12
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9 You [a]visit the earth and (A)water it,
You greatly enrich it;
(B)The river of God is full of water;
You provide their grain,
For so You have prepared 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.
Footnotes
- Psalm 65:9 give attention to
Job 38:26-28
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26 To cause it to rain on a land where there is no one,
A wilderness in which there is no man;
27 (A)To satisfy the desolate waste,
And cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass?
28 (B)Has the rain a father?
Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
Job 38:8-11
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8 “Or(A) who shut in the sea with doors,
When it burst forth and issued from the womb;
9 When I made the clouds its garment,
And thick darkness its swaddling band;
10 When (B)I fixed My limit for it,
And set bars and doors;
11 When I said,
‘This far you may come, but no farther,
And here your proud waves (C)must stop!’
Job 36:27-28
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27 For He (A)draws up drops of water,
Which distill as rain from the mist,
28 (B)Which the clouds drop down
And pour abundantly on man.
Genesis 27:28
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28 Therefore may (A)God give you
Of (B)the dew of heaven,
Of (C)the fatness of the earth,
And (D)plenty of grain and wine.
Genesis 1:9
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9 Then God said, (A)“Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and (B)let the dry land appear”; and it was so.
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Joel 2:23
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23 Be glad then, you children of Zion,
And (A)rejoice in the Lord your God;
For He has given you the [a]former rain faithfully,
And He (B)will cause the rain to come down for you—
The former rain,
And the latter rain in the first month.
Footnotes
- Joel 2:23 Or teacher of righteousness
Jeremiah 14:22
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22 (A)Are there any among (B)the idols of the nations that can cause (C)rain?
Or can the heavens give showers?
(D)Are You not He, O Lord our God?
Therefore we will wait for You,
Since You have made all these.
Psalm 104:8-9
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8 [a]They went up over the mountains;
They went down into the valleys,
To the place which You founded for them.
9 You have (A)set a boundary that they may not pass over,
(B)That they may not return to cover the earth.
Footnotes
- Psalm 104:8 Or The mountains rose up; The valleys sank down
Deuteronomy 33:28
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28 Then (A)Israel shall dwell in safety,
(B)The fountain of Jacob (C)alone,
In a land of grain and new wine;
His (D)heavens shall also drop dew.
Genesis 27:37-39
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37 Then Isaac answered and said to Esau, (A)“Indeed I have made him your master, and all his brethren I have given to him as servants; with (B)grain and wine I have [a]sustained him. What shall I do now for you, my son?”
38 And Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me—me also, O my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice (C)and wept.
39 Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:
“Behold, (D)your dwelling shall be of the [b]fatness of the earth,
And of the dew of heaven from above.
Footnotes
- Genesis 27:37 provided support for
- Genesis 27:39 fertility
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