Acts 14:17

Modern English Version

Yet He did not leave Himself without witness, for He did good and gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying our hearts with food and gladness.”

Cross References

1 Kings 18:1

After many days, in the third year, the word of the Lord came to Elijah, saying, “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.”

Nehemiah 9:25

They captured unassailable cities and a fertile land. They possessed houses full of all goods, wells dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance, so they ate, were filled, and became fat, and they indulged themselves in Your great goodness.

Job 36:31

For by these He judges the people; He gives food in abundance.

Job 37:6

For He says to the snow, ‘Come on the earth,’ likewise to the gentle rain and to the heavy rain of His strength.

Job 5:10

He gives rain on the surface of the earth and sends water on the outdoor places.

Psalm 145:9

The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works.

Psalm 4:7

You have placed gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and new wine abound.

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually.

Isaiah 22:13

Behold, there is joy and gladness, slaying of oxen and killing of sheep, eating of meat and drinking wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

Isaiah 40:21

Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

Isaiah 5:6

And I will lay it waste: It shall not be pruned or dug, but briers and thorns shall come up. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.

Jeremiah 14:22

Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Is it not You, O  Lord our God? Therefore, we will wait upon You, for You have done all these things.

Jeremiah 5:24

They do not say in their heart, “Let us now fear the Lord our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season. He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”

Ezekiel 34:26

I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing. And I will cause the showers to come down in their season. They shall be showers of blessing.

Joel 2:23

And children of Zion, exult and rejoice in the Lord your God, because He has given to you the early rain for vindication. He showers down rains for you, the early rain and the latter rain, as before.

Leviticus 26:4

then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Matthew 5:45

that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be the sons of the Highest. For He is kind to the unthankful and the evil.

Acts 14:18

With these words they scarcely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.

Acts 17:26

He has made from one blood every nation of men to live on the entire surface of the earth, having appointed fixed times and the boundaries of their habitation,

Deuteronomy 11:14

then I will give you the rain of your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil.

Deuteronomy 28:12

The Lord will open up to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this world that they not be conceited, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who richly gives us all things to enjoy.