PlaceCreation & NatureBoth Testaments

rain

rain in the Bible points to God's creative power and His ongoing sustenance of the world He made.

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Overview

Discover 16 powerful Bible verses about rain. Study what Scripture teaches about this essential creation & nature topic.

Topical Index

16 sub-topics from Nave's Topical Bible

Forty days of, at the time of the great flood of Noah

Genesis 7:4,10-12,17-24

The plague of, upon Egypt

Exodus 9:22-26,33,34

Miraculously caused

By Samuel

1 Samuel 12:16-19

By Elijah

1 Kings 18:41-45

David delivered

2 Samuel 5:17-21Isaiah 28:21

North wind unfavorable to

Proverbs 25:23

Withheld as judgment

Deuteronomy 11:17Deuteronomy 28:241 Kings 8:352 Chronicles 7:13Jeremiah 3:3Amos 4:7+1 more

The earth will never again be destroyed by

Genesis 9:8-17

Sent by God

Deuteronomy 11:13,14Job 37:6Isaiah 30:23Jeremiah 5:24Jeremiah 14:22

Contingent upon obedience

Leviticus 26:3,4Deuteronomy 11:13,14

Prayer

1 Kings 8:35,362 Chronicles 6:26,27

Answer to prayer for, promised

2 Chronicles 7:13,14Zechariah 10:1

Withheld, in answer to prayer

James 5:17,18

Rainy season in Palestine is in the ninth month, corresponding to December

Ezra 10:9,13

FIGURATIVE

Psalms 72:6

Key Verses

1

Genesis 7:4,10-12,17-24

Forty days of, at the time of the great flood of Noah

2

Exodus 9:22-26,33,34

The plague of, upon Egypt

3

1 Samuel 12:16-19

By Samuel

4

1 Kings 18:41-45

By Elijah

5

2 Samuel 5:17-21

David delivered

6

Proverbs 25:23

North wind unfavorable to

7

Deuteronomy 11:17

Withheld as judgment

8

Genesis 9:8-17

The earth will never again be destroyed by

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Deuteronomy 11:13,14

Sent by God

10

Leviticus 26:3,4

Contingent upon obedience

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