Zechariah 10:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

I, the Lord, am the one who sends storm clouds and showers of rain to make fields produce. So when the crops need rain, you should pray to me.

Cross References

Isaiah 44:3

I will bless the thirsty land by sending streams of water; I will bless your descendants by giving them my Spirit.

James 5:7

My friends, be patient until the Lord returns. Think of farmers who wait patiently for the autumn and spring rains to make their valuable crops grow.

Ezekiel 36:37

I will once again answer your prayers, and I will let your nation grow until you are like a large flock of sheep.

Isaiah 30:23

The Lord will send rain to water the seeds you have planted—your fields will produce more crops than you need, and your cattle will graze in open pastures.

Psalm 65:9

You take care of the earth and send rain to help the soil grow all kinds of crops. Your rivers never run dry, and you prepare the earth to produce abundant grain.

John 16:23

When that time comes, you won't have to ask me about anything. I tell you for certain the Father will give you whatever you ask for in my name.

Micah 5:7

A few of Jacob's descendants survived and are scattered among the nations. But the Lord will let them cover the earth like dew and rain that refreshes the soil.

Amos 4:7

Three months before harvest, I kept back the rain. Sometimes I would let it fall on one town or field but not on another, and pastures dried up.

Hosea 10:12

Plow your fields, scatter seeds of justice, and harvest faithfulness. Worship me, the Lord, and I will send my saving power down like rain.

Ezekiel 34:26

They will live around my holy mountain, and I will bless them by sending more than enough rain

Jeremiah 14:22

Idols can't send rain, and showers don't fall by themselves. Only you control the rain, so we put our trust in you, the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 10:13

The waters in the heavens roar at your command. You make clouds appear— you send the winds from your storehouse and make lightning flash in the rain.

Isaiah 5:6

It will turn into a desert, neither pruned nor hoed; it will be covered with thorns and briars. I will command the clouds not to send rain.

Proverbs 16:15

When a ruler is happy and pleased with you, it's like refreshing rain, and you will live.

Psalm 104:13

From your home above you send rain on the hills and water the earth.

Jeremiah 51:16

The waters in the heavens roar at his command. He makes clouds appear; he sends the wind from his storehouse and makes lightning flash in the rain.

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah was a prophet from Tishbe in Gilead. One day he went to King Ahab and said, “I'm a servant of the living Lord, the God of Israel. And I swear in his name that it won't rain until I say so. There won't even be any dew on the ground.”

1 Corinthians 3:6

I planted the seeds, Apollos watered them, but God made them sprout and grow.

Hosea 6:3

Let's do our best to know the Lord. His coming is as certain as the morning sun; he will refresh us like rain renewing the earth in the springtime.

Psalm 72:6

Let him be as helpful as rain that refreshes the meadows and the ground.

Job 29:23

My words were eagerly accepted like the showers of spring,

Psalm 135:7

The Lord makes the clouds rise from far across the earth, and he makes lightning to go with the rain. Then from his secret place he sends out the wind.

Jeremiah 5:24

You refuse to say, “Let's worship the Lord! He's the one who sends rain in spring and autumn and gives us a good harvest.”