Jeremiah 14:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

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 Kings 17:14

The LORD God of Israel has promised that your jar of flour won't run out and your bottle of oil won't dry up before he sends rain for the crops.”

1 Kings 18:1

For three years no rain fell in Samaria, and there was almost nothing to eat anywhere. The LORD said to Elijah, “Go and meet with King Ahab. I will soon make it rain.” So Elijah went to see Ahab.

1 Kings 8:36

listen from your home in heaven and forgive them. The people of Israel are your servants, so teach them to live right. And please send rain on the land you promised them for ever.

Job 28:26

and when he decided the path for rain and lightning,

Job 5:10

God sends showers on earth and waters the fields.

Psalm 130:5

With all my heart, I am waiting, LORD, for you! I trust your promises.

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.

Psalm 147:8

He fills the sky with clouds and sends rain to the earth, so that the hills will be green with grass.

Psalm 25:21

I obey you with all my heart, and I trust you, knowing that you will save me.

Psalm 25:3

Don't disappoint any of your worshippers, but disappoint all deceitful liars.

Psalm 27:14

Trust the LORD! Be brave and strong and trust the LORD.

Isaiah 30:18

The LORD God is waiting to show how kind he is and to have pity on you. The LORD always does right; he blesses those who trust him.

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.

Isaiah 41:29

They are nothing, and they can do nothing— they are less than a passing breeze.

Jeremiah 10:12

With your wisdom and power you created the earth and spread out the heavens.

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.

Jeremiah 10:15

Idols are merely a joke, and when the time is right, they will be destroyed.

Jeremiah 10:3

Their religion is worthless! They chop down a tree, carve the wood into an idol,

Jeremiah 16:19

Our LORD, you are the one who gives me strength and protects me like a fortress when I am in trouble. People will come to you from distant nations and say, “Our ancestors worshipped false and useless gods,

Jeremiah 5:12

Their prophets lie and say, “The LORD won't punish us. We will have peace and plenty of food.” They tell these lies in my name, so now they will be killed in war or starve to death.

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.”

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.

Hosea 2:7

She will run after her lovers, but not catch them; she will search, but not find them. Then she will say, “I'll return to my first husband. Life was better then.”

Joel 2:23

People of Zion, celebrate in honour of the LORD your God! He is generous and has sent the autumn and spring rains in the proper seasons.

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.

Micah 5:6

whose strong army will defeat the nation of Assyria. Yes, our leaders will rescue us, if those Assyrians dare to invade our land.

Micah 7:7

But I trust the LORD God to save me, and I will wait for him to answer my prayer.

Matthew 5:45

Then you will be acting like your Father in heaven. He makes the sun rise on both good and bad people. And he sends rain for the ones who do right and for the ones who do wrong.

Deuteronomy 28:12

The LORD will open the storehouses of the skies where he keeps the rain, and he will send rain on your land at just the right times. He will make you successful in everything you do. You will have plenty of money to lend to other nations, but you won't need to borrow any yourself.

Deuteronomy 32:21

You worshipped worthless idols, and made me jealous and angry! Now I will send a cruel and worthless nation to make you jealous and angry.