For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:


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Job 37 6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
Job 5 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
Hebrews 6 7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
2 Kings 3 17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
Isaiah 30 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
Isaiah 61 11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
James 5 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Jeremiah 17 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Haggai 1 10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
Psalms 68 9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
Job 38 28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Psalms 72 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Isaiah 44 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
Psalms 65 9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Ecclesiastes 11 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
Amos 4 7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
Zechariah 8 12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
Psalms 1 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Job 38 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
Deuteronomy 11 14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
Genesis 1 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Deuteronomy 28 24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
2 Kings 2 21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
Job 12 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Leviticus 26 4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
Genesis 27 28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Habakkuk 2 14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Isaiah 66 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
Job 37 10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Psalms 104 13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
Isaiah 24 20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
Isaiah 58 11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Zechariah 10 1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
Genesis 8 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Genesis 1 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
John 4 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Ezekiel 32 4 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
Zechariah 14 17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
Judges 5 4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
Psalms 107 35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
Genesis 1 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Deuteronomy 11 17 And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
Job 28 5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
Proverbs 25 13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
Isaiah 40 24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
Mark 4 28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
Deuteronomy 33 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
Exodus 4 9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
1 Chronicles 16 33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.
Ezekiel 34 27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.