Zechariah 10:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Pray to the Lord for rain in the springtime. The Lord will send the lightning and the rain will fall, and he will make the plants grow in each person’s field.

Cross References

Isaiah 44:3

“I will pour water for thirsty people, and streams will flow through the desert. I will pour my Spirit on your children, and I will bless your family.

James 5:7

Brothers and sisters, be patient; the Lord will come. So be patient until that time. Look at the farmers. They have to be patient. They have to wait for their valuable crop to grow and produce a harvest. They wait patiently for the first rain and the last rain.

Ezekiel 36:37

This is what the Lord GOD says: “I will also let the family of Israel come to me and ask me to do these things for them. I will make them grow and become many people. They will be like flocks of sheep.

Isaiah 30:23

At that time the Lord will send you rain. You will plant seeds, and the ground will grow food for you. You will have a very large harvest. You will have plenty of food in the fields for your animals. There will be large fields for your sheep.

Psalm 65:9

You take care of the land. You water it and make it fertile. Your streams are always filled with water. That’s how you make the crops grow.

Deuteronomy 28:23

There will be no clouds in the sky—the sky will look like polished brass. And the ground under you will be hard like iron.

John 16:23

In that day you will not have to ask me about anything. And I assure you, my Father will give you anything you ask him for in my name.

Micah 5:7

But those from Jacob who are still living and scattered among the nations will be like dew from the Lord that does not depend on anyone. They will be like rain on the grass that does not wait for anyone.

Amos 4:7

“I also stopped the rain, and it was three months before harvest time. So no crops grew. Then I let it rain on one city, but not on another city. Rain fell on one part of the country, but on the other part of the country, the land became very dry.

Hosea 10:12

If you plant goodness, you will harvest faithful love. Plow your ground, and you will harvest with the Lord. He will come, and he will make goodness fall on you like rain.

Ezekiel 34:26

I will bless the sheep and the places around my hill. I will cause the rains to fall at the right time and will shower them with blessings.

Jeremiah 14:22

Foreign idols don’t have the power to bring rain. The sky does not have the power to send down showers of rain. You, the Lord our God, are our only hope. You are the one who made all these things.

Jeremiah 10:13

God causes the loud thunder, and he causes great floods of water to fall from the sky. He makes clouds rise in the sky every place on earth. He sends lightning with the rain. He brings out the wind from his storehouses.

Isaiah 5:6

I will turn my vineyard into useless land. No one will care for the plants or work in the field. Weeds and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”

Proverbs 16:15

When the king is happy, life is better for everyone. When he is pleased, it is like a refreshing spring rain.

Psalm 104:13

You send rain down on the mountains. The earth gets everything it needs from what you have made.

Jeremiah 51:16

When he thunders, the waters in the skies roar. He sends clouds all over the earth. He sends lightning with the rain. He brings out the wind from his storehouses.

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah was a prophet from the town of Tishbe in Gilead. He said to King Ahab, “I serve the Lord, the God of Israel. By his power, I promise that no dew or rain will fall for the next few years. The rain will fall only when I command it to fall.”

1 Corinthians 3:6

I planted the seed and Apollos watered it. But God is the one who made the seed grow.

Hosea 6:3

Let’s learn about the Lord. Let’s try very hard to know him. We know he is coming, just as we know the dawn is coming. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the ground.”

Psalm 72:6

Help the king be like rain falling on the fields, like showers falling on the land.

Job 29:23

They waited for my words as they would for rain. They drank them in like rain in the springtime.

Psalm 135:7

He brings the clouds from the other side of the earth. He sends the lightning and the rain, and he opens the doors to release the winds.

Jeremiah 5:24

The people of Judah never say to themselves, ‘Let’s fear and respect the Lord our God. He gives us autumn and spring rains at just the right time. He makes sure that we have the harvest at just the right time.’