Psalm 147:8

Good News Translation

He spreads clouds over the sky; he provides rain for the earth and makes grass grow on the hills.

Cross References

Genesis 9:14

Whenever I cover the sky with clouds and the rainbow appears,

Job 5:10

He sends rain on the land and he waters the fields.

Psalm 135:1

Praise the Lord! Praise his name, you servants of the Lord,

Proverbs 27:25

You cut the hay and then cut the grass on the hillsides while the next crop of hay is growing.

Isaiah 5:6

I will let it be overgrown with weeds. I will not trim the vines or hoe the ground; instead, I will let briers and thorns cover it. I will even forbid the clouds to let rain fall on it.”

Jeremiah 14:22

None of the idols of the nations can send rain; the sky by itself cannot make showers fall. We have put our hope in you, O Lord our God, because you are the one who does these things.

Joel 2:23

“Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice at what the Lord your God has done for you. He has given you the right amount of autumn rain; he has poured down the winter rain for you and the spring rain as before.

Matthew 5:45

so that you may become the children of your Father in heaven. For he makes his sun to shine on bad and good people alike, and gives rain to those who do good and to those who do evil.

Acts 14:17

But he has always given evidence of his existence by the good things he does: he gives you rain from heaven and crops at the right times; he gives you food and fills your hearts with happiness.”