Psalm 65:9
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9 You visit the earth and water it;
you greatly enrich it;
the river of God is full of water;
you provide the people with grain,
for so you have prepared it.(A)
Psalm 46:4
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4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.(A)
Psalm 104:13-15
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13 From your lofty abode you water the mountains;
the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.(A)
14 You cause the grass to grow for the cattle
and plants for people to cultivate,
to bring forth food from the earth(B)
15 and wine to gladden the human heart,
oil to make the face shine
and bread to strengthen the human heart.(C)
Psalm 68:9-10
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9 Rain in abundance, O God, you showered abroad;
you restored your heritage when it languished;(A)
10 your flock found a dwelling in it;
in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.(B)
Joel 2:23-26
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23 O children of Zion, be glad,
and rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given the early rain[a] for your vindication;
he has poured down for you abundant rain,
the early and the later rain, as before.(A)
24 The threshing floors shall be full of grain;
the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25 I will repay you for the years
that the swarming locust has eaten,
the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter,
my great army that I sent against you.(B)
26 You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied
and praise the name of the Lord your God,
who has dealt wondrously with you.
And my people shall never again be put to shame.(C)
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- 2.23 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Revelation 22:1
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The River of Life
22 Then the angel[a] showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb(A)
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- 22.1 Gk he
Jeremiah 5:24
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24 They do not say in their hearts,
“Let us fear the Lord our God,
who gives the rain in its season,
the autumn rain and the spring rain,
and keeps for us
the weeks appointed for the harvest.”(A)
Psalm 147:8-9
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8 He covers the heavens with clouds,
prepares rain for the earth,
makes grass grow on the hills.(A)
9 He gives to the animals their food
and to the young ravens when they cry.(B)
Job 5:10-11
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10 He gives rain on the earth
and sends waters on the fields;(A)
11 he sets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.(B)
1 Timothy 6:17-18
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17 As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but rather on God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.(A) 18 They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share,(B)
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Acts 14:17
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17 yet he has not left himself without a witness in doing good, giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons and filling you with food and your hearts with joy.”(A)
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Jeremiah 14:22
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22 Can any idols of the nations bring rain,
or can the heavens give showers?
Is it not you, O Lord our God?
We set our hope on you,
for it is you who do all this.(A)
Psalm 147:14
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- 147.14 Or prosperity
Psalm 107:37
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37 they sow fields and plant vineyards
and get a fruitful yield.(A)
Psalm 65:11
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11 You crown the year with your bounty;
your wagon tracks overflow with richness.
Job 37:6-13
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6 For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth’;
and the shower of rain, his heavy shower of rain,(A)
7 serves as a sign on everyone’s hand,
so that all whom he has made may know it.[a](B)
8 Then the animals go into their lairs
and remain in their dens.(C)
9 From its chamber comes the whirlwind
and cold from the scattering winds.(D)
10 By the breath of God ice is given,
and the broad waters are frozen fast.(E)
11 He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
the clouds scatter his lightning.(F)
12 They turn round and round by his guidance
to accomplish all that he commands them
on the face of the habitable world.(G)
13 Whether for correction or for his land
or for love, he causes it to happen.(H)
Ruth 1:6
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Naomi and Her Moabite Daughters-in-Law
6 Then she started to return with her daughters-in-law from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the Lord had considered his people and given them food.(A)
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Deuteronomy 11:11-12
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11 But the land that you are crossing over to occupy is a land of hills and valleys watered by rain from the sky,(A) 12 a land that the Lord your God looks after. The eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
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Genesis 26:12
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12 Isaac sowed seed in that land and in the same year reaped a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him,(A)
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Psalm 63:1
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Psalm 63
Comfort and Assurance in God’s Presence
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.
1 O God, you are my God; I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.(A)
Leviticus 26:4
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4 I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
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