Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.


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1 Kings 18 1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
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.
Mark 9 12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
Psalms 32 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Psalms 68 9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
1 Kings 17 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Matthew 17 12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
James 5 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
1 Samuel 12 18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
Genesis 7 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
John 1 21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
James 5 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
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.
Exodus 9 34 And 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.
Mark 9 11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
Job 5 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
Exodus 9 33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
Matthew 17 10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
Joel 2 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
Jeremiah 5 24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
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.
Matthew 17 11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
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.
1 Kings 18 44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down that the rain stop thee not.
Daniel 10 3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
2 Chronicles 10 5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
Mark 15 35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
Psalms 148 8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
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.
Mark 9 13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.
Matthew 27 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
Job 28 26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
Isaiah 55 10 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:
1 Kings 19 11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
1 Kings 18 41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
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.
Job 20 17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
Matthew 8 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
Psalms 32 6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Philemon 1 15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
Matthew 11 14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
Acts 27 20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
Matthew 24 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Romans 11 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying,
Psalms 66 6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
1 Kings 18 45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
Exodus 9 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
Job 14 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Job 26 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.