Topical Bible: Rain

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Rain, a vital component of the Earth's ecosystem, is frequently mentioned in the Bible as a symbol of God's provision, blessing, and sometimes judgment. It plays a significant role in the agricultural society of ancient Israel, where it was essential for the growth of crops and the sustenance of life.

Divine Provision and Blessing

In the Bible, rain is often depicted as a direct blessing from God, demonstrating His care and provision for His people. In Deuteronomy 11:14, God promises the Israelites, "I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil." This promise underscores the dependence of the Israelites on God's faithfulness for their agricultural success and survival.

The regularity and timing of rain were seen as indicators of God's favor. In Leviticus 26:4, God assures, "I will give you rains in their season, and the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall bear their fruit." The provision of rain was a sign of covenantal blessing, reflecting the relationship between obedience to God's commandments and the receipt of His blessings.

Judgment and Withholding of Rain

Conversely, the withholding of rain is depicted as a form of divine judgment. In 1 Kings 17:1, the prophet Elijah declares to King Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word." This drought was a direct consequence of Israel's idolatry and disobedience, serving as a call to repentance.

The absence of rain is also used metaphorically to describe spiritual barrenness and judgment. In Amos 4:7, God says, "I also withheld rain from you when the harvest was still three months away. I sent rain on one town but withheld it from another. One field had rain; another had none and dried up." This selective withholding of rain was intended to draw the people's attention back to God and His sovereignty.

Symbolism and Spiritual Lessons

Rain is often used symbolically in Scripture to represent spiritual truths. In Isaiah 55:10-11, rain is likened to God's Word: "For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it." This passage highlights the efficacy and purposefulness of God's Word, much like the life-giving nature of rain.

Furthermore, rain is associated with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. In Joel 2:23, the prophet speaks of the "former rain" and the "latter rain" as a metaphor for spiritual renewal and blessing: "Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before."

Prayers for Rain

The dependence on rain for survival led to prayers and supplications for its provision. In 1 Kings 8:35-36, during the dedication of the temple, Solomon prays, "When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and when they pray toward this place and confess Your name and turn from their sin because You have afflicted them, then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land You gave Your people for an inheritance."

Rain, therefore, is not only a physical necessity but also a profound spiritual symbol in the biblical narrative, reflecting God's ongoing relationship with His creation and His people.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Rain

In the Bible "early rain" signifies the rain of the autumn, (11:14) and "latter rain" the rain of spring. (Proverbs 16:1,5) For six months in the year, from May to October, no rain falls, the whole land becomes dry, parched and brown. The autumnal rains are eagerly looked for, to prepare the earth for the reception of the seed. These, the early rains, commence about the latter end of October continuing through November and December. January and February are the coldest months, and snow falls, sometimes to the depth of a foot or more, at Jerusalem, but it does not lie long; it is very seldom seen along the coast and in the low plains. Rain continues to fall more or less during the month of March it is very rare in April. Robinson observes that there are not, at the present day, "any particular periods of rain or succession of showers which might be regarded as distinct rainy seasons. The whole period from October to March now constitutes only one continued season of rain, without any regularly-intervening term of prolonged fine weather. Unless therefore, there has been some change in the climate, the early and the latter rains, for which the husbandman waited with longing, seem rather to hare implied the first showers of autumn--which revived the parched and thirsty soil and prepared it for the seed --and the later showers of spring, which continued to refresh and forward both the ripening crops and the vernal products of the fields." (James 5:7; Proverbs 16:15)

ATS Bible Dictionary

Rain

In Scripture the "early" and the "latter" rain of Palestine is spoken of, De 11:14 Hosea 6:3. The former falls in the latter part of October, the seed-time of Palestine; and the weather then continues variable, with more or less rain the whole winter, until after the latter or spring rain in April. Afterwards, the weather becomes serene, and the crops ripen. The wheat harvest takes place in May; by the middle of August, the fruits are gathered in; and from that time to the coming of the first or October rains, prevail the scorching heats and droughts of summer. Nothing can more expressively represent spiritual blessings than copious showers of rain after this trying season is past, De 32:2 Job 29:23 Isaiah 44:3 Hosea 10:12.

It appears from meteorological records kept at Jerusalem, that the average annual fall of rain is fifty-five inches. It would seem therefore, that if the rains of Palestine could be preserved in pools and reservoirs, and employed in irrigating the ground during the summer, the old fertility might be restored; it would be clothed again with verdure, and become like "the garden of the Lord."

Easton's Bible Dictionary

There are three Hebrew words used to denote the rains of different seasons,

(1.) Yoreh (Hosea 6:3), or moreh (Joel 2:23), denoting the former or the early rain.

(2.) Melqosh, the "latter rain" (Proverbs 16:15).

(3.) Geshem, the winter rain, "the rains." The heavy winter rain is mentioned in Genesis 7:12; Ezra 10:9; Cant. 2:11. The "early" or "former" rains commence in autumn in the latter part of October or beginning of November (Deuteronomy 11:14; Joel 2:23; Comp. Jeremiah 3:3), and continue to fall heavily for two months. Then the heavy "winter rains" fall from the middle of December to March. There is no prolonged fair weather in Palestine between October and March. The "latter" or spring rains fall in March and April, and serve to swell the grain then coming to maturity (Deuteronomy 11:14; Hosea 6:3). After this there is ordinarily no rain, the sky being bright and cloudless till October or November.

Rain is referred to symbolically in Deuteronomy 32:2; Psalm 72:6; Isaiah 44:3, 4; Hosea 10:12.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n. & v.) Reign.

2. (n.) Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops.

3. (n.) To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; -- used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains.

4. (n.) To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes.

5. (v. t.) To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds.

6. (v. t.) To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

RAIN

ran (maTar, Arabic (?), maTar, "rain" geshem, "heavy rain" moreh, "early rain," yoreh, "former rain," malqosh, "latter rain"; brecho, huetos):

1. Water-Supply in Egypt and Palestine:

In Egypt there is little or no rainfall, the water for vegetation being supplied in great abundance by the river Nile; but in Syria and Palestine there are no large rivers, and the people have to depend entirely on the fall of rain for water for themselves, their animals and their fields. The children of Israel when in Egypt were promised by Yahweh a land which "drinketh water of the rain of heaven" (Deuteronomy 11:11). Springs and fountains are found in most of the valleys, but the flow of the springs depends directly on the fall of rain or snow in the mountains.

2. Importance of Rain in Season:

The cultivation of the land in Palestine is practically dry farming in most of the districts, but even then some water is necessary, so that there may be moisture in the soil. In the summer months there is no rain, so that the rains of the spring and fall seasons are absolutely essential for starting and maturing the crops. The lack of this rain in the proper time has often been the cause of complete failure of the harvest. A small difference in the amount of these seasonal rains makes a large difference in the possibility of growing various crops without irrigation. Ellsworth Huntington has insisted on this point with great care in his very important work, Palestine and Its Transformation. The promise of prosperity is given in the assurance of "rain in due season" (Leviticus 26:4 the King James Version). The withholding of rain according to the prophecy of Elijah (1 Kings 17:1) caused the mountain streams to dry up (1 Kings 17:7), and certain famine ensued. A glimpse of the terrible suffering for lack of water at that time is given us. The people were uncertain of another meal (1 Kings 17:12), and the animals were perishing (1 Kings 18:5).

3. Amount of Rainfall:

Palestine and Syria are on the borderland between the sea and the desert, and besides are so mountainous, that they not only have a great range of rainfall in different years, but a great variation in different parts of the country.

The amount of rain on the western slopes is comparable with that in England and America, varying from 25 to 40 inches per annum, but it falls mostly in the four winter months, when the downpour is often very heavy, giving oftentimes from 12 to 16 inches in a month. On the eastern slopes it is much less, varying from 8 to 20 inches per annum. The highest amount falls in the mountains of Lebanon where it averages about 50 inches. In Beirut the yearly average is 35, 87 inches. As we go South from Syria, the amount decreases (Haifa 27, 75, Jaffa 22, 39, Gaze 17, 61), while in the Sinaitic Peninsula there is little or none. Going from West to East the change is much more sudden, owing to the mountains which stop the clouds. In Damascus the average is less than 10 inches. In Jerusalem the average for 50 years is 26, 16 in., and the range is from 13, 19 in 1870 to 41, 62 in 1897. The yearly records as given by J. Glaisher and A. Datzi in Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly from 1861 to 1910, 50 years, are given in the accompanying table.

Greek

1026. brecho -- to send rain, to rain
... to send rain, to rain. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: brecho Phonetic Spelling:
(brekh'-o) Short Definition: I moisten, rain, send rain Definition: I ...
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5205. huetos -- rain
... huetos. 5206 . rain. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: huetos Phonetic
Spelling: (hoo-et-os') Short Definition: rain Definition: rain. ...
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3797. opsimos -- the latter rain
... the latter rain. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: opsimos Phonetic Spelling:
(op'-sim-os) Short Definition: late in the year Definition: late, latter. ...
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4406. proimos -- early rain, early crops.
... 4405, 4406. proimos. 4407 . early rain, early crops. Part ... Word Origin variant
reading for proimos, qv. early rain, early crops. From ...
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1028. broche -- a wetting
... a wetting. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: broche Phonetic Spelling:
(brokh-ay') Short Definition: a heavy rain Definition: a heavy rain. ... rain. ...
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3655. ombros -- a rainstorm
... a rainstorm. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: ombros Phonetic Spelling:
(om'-bros) Short Definition: a violent rain Definition: a violent rain ...
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3047. lips -- the southwest wind
... southwest. Probably from leibo (to pour a "libation"); the south(- west) wind (as
bringing rain, ie (by extension) the south quarter) -- southwest. ...
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2664. katapauo -- to cause to cease, to rest
... cease, give rest. From kata and pauo; to settle down, ie (literally) to colonize,
or (figuratively) to (cause to) desist -- cease, (give) rest(-rain). ...
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5194. hualos -- a clear transparent stone, glass
... glass. Perhaps from the same as huetos (as being transparent like rain); glass --
glass. see GREEK huetos. (ualos) -- 1 Occurrence. (ualo) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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5200. hugros -- wet, moist, of wood sappy
... green. From the base of huetos; wet (as if with rain), ie (by implication) sappy
(fresh) -- green. see GREEK huetos. (ugro) -- 1 Occurrence. 5199, 5200. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4456. malqosh -- latter rain, spring rain
... 4455b, 4456. malqosh. 4457 . latter rain, spring rain. Transliteration:
malqosh Phonetic Spelling: (mal-koshe') Short Definition: rain. ...
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4305. matar -- to rain
... 4304, 4305. matar. 4306 . to rain. Transliteration: matar Phonetic Spelling:
(maw-tar') Short Definition: rain. Word Origin denominative ...
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3138. yoreh -- the early rain
... 3137, 3138. yoreh. 3139 . the early rain. Transliteration: yoreh Phonetic
Spelling: (yo-reh') Short Definition: rain. Word Origin ...
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1653. geshem -- rain, shower
... 1652, 1653. geshem. 1654 . rain, shower. Transliteration: geshem Phonetic
Spelling: (gheh'-shem) Short Definition: rain. Word Origin ...
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4306. matar -- rain
... matar. 4307 . rain. Transliteration: matar Phonetic Spelling: (maw-tawr') Short
Definition: rain. ... root Definition rain NASB Word Usage downpour (1), rain (36). ...
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1652. gasham -- to rain
... 1651, 1652. gasham. 1653 . to rain. Transliteration: gasham Phonetic Spelling:
(gaw-sham') Short Definition: rain. Word Origin denominative ...
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5464. sagrir -- steady or persistent rain
... 5463, 5464. sagrir. 5465 . steady or persistent rain. Transliteration:
sagrir Phonetic Spelling: (sag-reed') Short Definition: rain. ...
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4175. mowreh -- (early) rain
... 4174, 4175. mowreh. 4175a . (early) rain. Transliteration: mowreh Phonetic
Spelling: (mo-reh') Short Definition: rain. early rain ...
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4175a. moreh -- (early) rain
... (early) rain. Transliteration: moreh Short Definition: rain. Word Origin from yarah
Definition (early) rain NASB Word Usage early (1), early rain (2). ...
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8164. sair -- rain (drop)
... 8163c, 8164. sair. 8165 . rain (drop). Transliteration: sair Phonetic
Spelling: (saw-eer') Short Definition: droplets. ... small rain. ...
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Library

The God of the Rain
... SERMON XVII. THE GOD OF THE RAIN. ... 11, 12. The land, whither ye go to possess it,
is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven. ...
/.../kingsley/the gospel of the pentateuch/sermon xvii the god of.htm

'Clear Shining after Rain'
... GENESIS 'CLEAR SHINING AFTER RAIN'. ... Judgment was discriminating. The sunshine
of love broke through even the rain-clouds of the flood. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/clear shining after rain.htm

Occasioned by Great and Unseasonable Rain.
... Miscellaneous. OCCASIONED BY GREAT AND UNSEASONABLE RAIN. O God! who dost
Heav'n's sceptre wield What is it that now makes our field ...
/.../paul gerhardts spiritual songs/occasioned by great and unseasonable.htm

Third Sunday after Epiphany. For as the Rain Cometh Down
... Third Sunday after Epiphany. For as the rain cometh down. Third Sunday
after Epiphany. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow ...
/.../winkworth/lyra germanica the christian year/third sunday after epiphany for.htm

Twelve and a Half Miles in Heavy Rain
... Chapter 19. An Ideal Circuit; Wesley in his Eighties; Wesley Visits Holland;
Incidents in Scotland Twelve and a Half Miles in Heavy Rain. ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/twelve and a half miles.htm

Influence of the Gospel Like Rain.
... TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY. 292. " Influence of the Gospel like Rain. 292.
LM Anonymous. Influence of the Gospel like Rain. 1 As ...
/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/292 influence of the.htm

God Sent Rain from Heaven for Marcus Aurelius C??sar in Answer to ...
... Book V. Chapter V."God sent Rain from Heaven for Marcus Aurelius C??sar
in Answer to the Prayers of our People. 1. It is reported ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter v god sent rain from.htm

"There is a Sound of Abundance of Rain. " 1 Kings, xix. 41
... XVIII. "THERE IS A SOUND OF ABUNDANCE OF RAIN." 1 KINGS, xix. 41. So said the man
of God. Rain was much needed, for famine stared them in the face. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/champness/broken bread/xviii there is a sound.htm

Psalm 65 Part 3 the Blessings of the Spring; Or, God Gives Rain.
... THE PSALMS OF DAVID PSALM 65 PART 3 The blessings of the spring; or, God gives
rain. CM The blessings of the spring; or, God gives rain. ...
/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/psalm 65 part 3 the.htm

Psalm 65:5. Third Part. CM The Blessing: of the Spring; Or, God ...
... THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 65:5. Third Part. CM The blessing: of
the spring; or, God gives rain. A psalm for the husbandman. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/watts/the psalms of david/psalm 65 5 0 third part c.htm

Thesaurus

Rain (118 Occurrences)
... (1.) Yoreh (Hosea 6:3), or moreh (Joel 2:23), denoting the former or the early
rain. (2.) Melqosh, the "latter rain" (Proverbs 16:15). ...
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Rain-flood (1 Occurrence)
Rain-flood. Rainfall, Rain-flood. Raining . Multi-Version
Concordance Rain-flood (1 Occurrence). Job 38:25 Who hath ...
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Rain-storm (1 Occurrence)
Rain-storm. Rains, Rain-storm. Rainy . Multi-Version Concordance
Rain-storm (1 Occurrence). Job 37:6 For he says to ...
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Rains (16 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 11:14 Then I will send rain on your land at the right time, the early
rains and the late rains, so that you may get in your grain and your wine and ...
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Inches (1 Occurrence)
... Tent-Work in Palestine). Trees are without doubt fewer now, but
meteorologists agree that trees do not produce rain. 4. Dry and ...
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Rainfall
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of
water, that falls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region. Int. ...
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Showers (20 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain. My speech shall condense as
the dew, as the small rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb. ...
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Autumn (8 Occurrences)
... Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient
over it, until it receives the early and late rain. (See NIV). ...
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Shower (22 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like
fall of snow. ... 6. (vt) To water with a shower; to //t copiously with rain. ...
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Tempest (30 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence,
and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm. ...
/t/tempest.htm - 17k

Resources

What is the Latter Rain Movement? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean that the rain falls on the just and the unjust? | GotQuestions.org

What is fervent prayer (James 5:16)? | GotQuestions.org

Rain: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance

Rain (118 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:45
that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 7:25
The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 7:27
The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell-and great was its fall."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 4:25
But I tell you in truth that there was many a widow in Israel in the time of Elijah, when there was no rain for three years and six months and there came a severe famine over all the land;
(WEY)

Luke 12:54
Then he said to the people, When you see a cloud coming up in the west, straight away you say, There will be rain; and so it is.
(BBE NIV)

Acts 14:17
Yet he didn't leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness."
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 28:2
The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 6:7
For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it, and brings forth a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

James 5:7
Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

James 5:17
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn't rain on the earth for three years and six months.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

James 5:18
He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jude 1:12
These men--sunken rocks! --are those who share the pleasure of your love-feasts, unrestrained by fear while caring only for themselves; clouds without water, driven away by the winds; trees that cast their fruit, barren, doubly dead, uprooted;
(Root in WEY NIV)

Revelation 8:7
And at the sounding of the first, a rain of ice and fire, mixed with blood, was sent on the earth: and a third part of the earth, and of the trees, and all green grass was burned up.
(BBE)

Revelation 11:6
These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 11:19
And the house of God which is in heaven was open; and the ark of his agreement was seen in his house, and there were flames and voices and thunders and an earth-shock and a rain of ice.
(BBE)

Genesis 2:5
No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 7:4
In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 7:12
The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 8:2
The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 19:24
Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out of the sky.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 9:18
Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. Leviticus
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 9:33
Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands to Yahweh; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 9:34
When Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 16:4
Then said Yahweh to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 26:4
then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 11:11
but the land, where you go over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinks water of the rain of the sky,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 11:14
that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, and your new wine, and your oil.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 11:17
and the anger of Yahweh be kindled against you, and he shut up the sky, so that there shall be no rain, and the land shall not yield its fruit; and you perish quickly from off the good land which Yahweh gives you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 28:12
Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 28:22
The Lord will send wasting disease, and burning pain, and flaming heat against you, keeping back the rain till your land is waste and dead; so will it be till your destruction is complete.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 28:24
Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust: from the sky shall it come down on you, until you are destroyed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 32:2
My doctrine shall drop as the rain. My speech shall condense as the dew, as the small rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 32:23
I will send a rain of troubles on them, my arrows will be showered on them.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 12:17
Isn't it wheat harvest today? I will call to Yahweh, that he may send thunder and rain; and you shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of Yahweh, in asking for a king."
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1 Samuel 12:18
So Samuel called to Yahweh; and Yahweh sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel.
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2 Samuel 1:21
You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew nor rain on you, neither fields of offerings; For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.
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2 Samuel 21:10
And Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, took haircloth, placing it on the rock as a bed for herself, from the start of the grain-cutting till rain came down on them from heaven; and she did not let the birds of the air come near them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.
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2 Samuel 22:12
He made darkness pavilions around himself: gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
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2 Samuel 23:4
shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.'
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1 Kings 8:35
"When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them:
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1 Kings 8:36
then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
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1 Kings 17:1
Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word."
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1 Kings 17:7
It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
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1 Kings 17:14
For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,'The jar of meal shall not empty, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the earth.'"
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1 Kings 18:1
It happened after many days, that the word of Yahweh came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth."
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1 Kings 18:41
Elijah said to Ahab, "Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain."
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1 Kings 18:44
It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, "Go up, tell Ahab,'Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn't stop you.'"
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1 Kings 18:45
It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
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2 Kings 3:17
For thus says Yahweh,'You will not see wind, neither will you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your livestock and your animals.
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2 Chronicles 6:26
When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them:
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2 Chronicles 6:27
then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
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2 Chronicles 7:13
If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
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Ezra 10:9
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
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Ezra 10:13
But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand outside: neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.
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Job 5:10
who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;
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Job 20:23
When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
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Job 24:8
They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and get into the cracks of the rock for cover.
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Job 28:26
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder;
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Job 29:23
They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
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Job 36:27
For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
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Job 37:6
For he says to the snow,'Fall on the earth;' likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.
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Job 38:25
By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder;
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Job 38:26
To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;
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Job 38:28
Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?
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Psalms 11:6
On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
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Psalms 18:11
He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
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Psalms 18:13
The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.
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Psalms 65:11
The year is crowned with the good you give; life-giving rain is dropping from your footsteps,
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Psalms 68:8
The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai-- at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
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Psalms 68:9
You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance, when it was weary.
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Psalms 72:6
He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
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Psalms 78:24
He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.
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Psalms 78:27
He rained also flesh on them as the dust; winged birds as the sand of the seas.
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Psalms 84:6
Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
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Psalms 104:13
He sends down rain from his store-houses on the hills: the earth is full of the fruit of his works.
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Psalms 105:32
He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.
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Psalms 135:7
who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; who makes lightnings with the rain; who brings forth the wind out of his treasuries;
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Psalms 147:8
who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.
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Psalms 148:8
Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word:
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Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the king's face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.
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Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
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Proverbs 25:14
As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.
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Proverbs 25:23
The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
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Proverbs 26:1
Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
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Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
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Proverbs 28:3
A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
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Ecclesiastes 11:3
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
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Ecclesiastes 12:2
Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
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Song of Songs 2:11
For, behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone.
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Isaiah 4:6
There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.
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Isaiah 5:6
I will lay it a wasteland. It won't be pruned nor hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it."
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Isaiah 25:4
For you have been a strong place for the poor and the crushed in their trouble, a safe place from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the wrath of the cruel ones is like a winter storm.
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Isaiah 28:2
See, the Lord has a strong and cruel one; like a rain of ice, a storm of destruction, like the overflowing of a strong river, he will violently overcome them.
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Isaiah 30:23
He will give the rain for your seed, with which you will sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground will be rich and plentiful. In that day, your livestock will feed in large pastures.
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Isaiah 30:30
And Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, and tempest, and hailstones.
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Isaiah 44:14
He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it.
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Isaiah 45:8
Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about.
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Isaiah 55:10
For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn't return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
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Jeremiah 3:3
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; yet you have a prostitute's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.
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Jeremiah 5:24
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
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Subtopics

Rain

Rain of Christ in the Communication of his Graces

Rain of Righteousness

Rain of Spiritual Blessings

Rain of the Doctrine of Faithful Ministers

Rain of the Word of God

Rain: (Destructive) of a Poor Man Oppressing the Poor

Rain: (Destructive) of God's Judgments

Rain: Answer to Prayer For, Promised

Rain: Canaan Abundantly Supplied With

Rain: Contingent Upon Obedience