Acts 14:17

New American Bible - revised edition

yet, in bestowing his goodness, he did not leave himself without witness, for he gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, and filled you with nourishment and gladness for your hearts.”

Cross References

1 Kings 18:1

Long afterward, in the third year, the word of the Lord came to Elijah: Go, present yourself to Ahab, that I may send rain upon the earth.

Nehemiah 9:25

They captured fortified cities and fertile land; they took possession of houses filled with all good things, Cisterns already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate and had their fill, fattened and feasted on your great goodness.

Job 36:31

For by these he judges the nations, and gives food in abundance.

Job 37:6

He says to the snow, “Fall to the earth”; likewise to his heavy, drenching rain.

Job 5:10

He gives rain upon the earth and sends water upon the fields;

Psalm 145:9

The Lord is good to all, compassionate toward all your works.

Psalm 4:7

Many say, “May we see better times! Lord, show us the light of your face!” Selah

Psalm 52:1

For the leader. A maskil of David,

Isaiah 22:13

But look! instead, there was celebration and joy, slaughtering cattle and butchering sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: “Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

Isaiah 40:21

Do you not know? Have you not heard? Was it not told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the founding of the earth?

Isaiah 5:6

Yes, I will make it a ruin: it shall not be pruned or hoed, but will be overgrown with thorns and briers; I will command the clouds not to rain upon it.

Jeremiah 14:22

Among the idols of the nations are there any that give rain? Or can the mere heavens send showers? Is it not you, Lord, our God, to whom we look? You alone do all these things.

Jeremiah 5:24

And do not say in their hearts, “Let us fear the Lord, our God, Who gives us rain early and late, in its time; Who watches for us over the appointed weeks of harvest.”

Ezekiel 34:26

I will settle them around my hill and send rain in its season, the blessing of abundant rain.

Joel 2:23

Children of Zion, delight and rejoice in the Lord, your God! For he has faithfully given you the early rain, sending rain down on you, the early and the late rains as before.

Leviticus 26:4

I will give you your rains in due season, so that the land will yield its crops, and the trees their fruit;

Matthew 5:45

that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.

Luke 6:35

But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.

Acts 14:18

Even with these words, they scarcely restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.

Acts 17:26

He made from one the whole human race to dwell on the entire surface of the earth, and he fixed the ordered seasons and the boundaries of their regions,

Deuteronomy 11:14

I will give the seasonal rain to your land, the early rain and the late rain, that you may have your grain, wine and oil to gather in;

Deuteronomy 28:12

The Lord will open up for you his rich storehouse, the heavens, to give your land rain in due season and to bless all the works of your hands. You will lend to many nations but borrow from none.

1 Timothy 6:17

Tell the rich in the present age not to be proud and not to rely on so uncertain a thing as wealth but rather on God, who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.