Joel 2:23

A Conservative Version

Be glad then, ye sons of Zion, and rejoice in LORD your God, for he gives you the former rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first [month].

Cross References

Philippians 4:4

Rejoice in Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice.

Leviticus 26:4

then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Hosea 6:3

And let us know, let us follow on to know LORD. His going forth is sure as the morning, and he will come to us as the rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth.

Deuteronomy 11:14

that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou may gather in thy grain, and thy new wine, and thine oil.

Isaiah 41:16

Thou shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them. And thou shall rejoice in LORD. Thou shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 149:2

Let Israel rejoice in him who made him. Let the sons of Zion be joyful in their King.

Philippians 3:1

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in Lord. To write the same things to you is really not irksome to me, but safe for you.

Zechariah 10:1

Ask ye of LORD rain in the time of the latter rain, [even of] LORD who makes lightnings, and he will give them showers of rain, to everyone grass in the field.

Psalm 28:7

LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise him.

Isaiah 30:23

And he will give the rain for thy seed, with which thou shall sow the ground, and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day thy cattle shall feed in large pastures.

Deuteronomy 32:2

My doctrine shall drop as the rain. My speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.

Deuteronomy 28:12

LORD will open to thee his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand. And thou shall lend to many nations, and thou shall not borrow.

Philippians 3:3

For we are the circumcision, men who worship in spirit to God, and who boast in Christ Jesus, and not being confident in flesh.

Zechariah 10:7

And Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine. Yea, their sons shall see it, and rejoice. Their heart shall be glad in LORD.

Jeremiah 5:24

Neither do they say in their heart, Let us now fear LORD our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season, who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

Psalm 104:34

Let thy meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in LORD.

Jeremiah 3:3

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain. Yet thou have a harlot's forehead; thou refused to be ashamed.

Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in LORD. My soul shall be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride

Isaiah 30:21

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Psalm 32:11

Be glad in LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous. And shout for joy, all ye who are upright in heart.

Job 33:23

If there be with him a [heavenly] agent, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion. Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, thy king comes to thee. He is just, and having salvation, lowly, and riding upon a donkey, even upon a colt the foal of a donkey.

Amos 4:7

And I also have withheld 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 upon which it

Lamentations 4:2

The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

Zechariah 9:13

For I have bent Judah for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim. And I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.

Acts 14:17

although he did not leave himself without evidence, doing good and giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts of food and gladness.

Psalm 84:6

Passing through the valley of weeping they make it a place of springs. Yea, the early rain covers it with blessings.

1 Kings 8:36

then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and send rain upon thy land, which thou have given to thy people for an inheritanc

Job 37:13

He causes it to come, whether it be for correction, or for his land, or for loving kindness.

Psalm 147:8

who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.

Ezekiel 34:26

And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing, and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.