Proverbs 3:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

By his understanding he let the ocean break loose and clouds release the rain.

Cross References

Genesis 1:9

God said, “I command the water under the sky to come together in one place, so there will be dry ground.” And that's what happened.

Genesis 27:28

God will bless you, my son, with dew from heaven and with fertile fields, rich with grain and grapes.

Genesis 7:11

Noah was six hundred years old when the water under the earth started gushing out everywhere. The sky opened like windows, and rain poured down for forty days and nights. All this began on the seventeenth day of the second month of the year.

Proverbs 8:24

When I was born, there were no oceans or springs of water.

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.

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.

Deuteronomy 33:28

Israel, you will live in safety; your enemies will be gone. The dew will fall from the sky, and you will have plenty of grain and wine.