Deuteronomy 32:2

New American Bible - revised edition

May my teaching soak in like the rain, and my utterance drench like the dew, Like a downpour upon the grass, like a shower upon the crops.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:4

Is like the light at sunrise on a cloudless morning, making the land’s vegetation glisten after rain.”

Psalm 65:10

You visit the earth and water it, make it abundantly fertile. God’s stream is filled with water; you supply their grain. Thus do you prepare it:

Psalm 72:6

May he be like rain coming down upon the fields, like showers watering the earth,

Proverbs 4:2

Yes, excellent advice I give you; my teaching do not forsake.

Hosea 14:5

I will heal their apostasy, I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.

Hosea 6:4

What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your loyalty is like morning mist, like the dew that disappears early.

Amos 7:16

Now hear the word of the Lord: You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, do not preach against the house of Isaac.’

Micah 5:6

The remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples, Like dew coming from the Lord, like showers on the grass, Which wait for no one, delay for no human being.

Micah 5:7

And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, Like a lion among beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep; When it passes through it tramples; it tears and no one can rescue.

Zechariah 10:1

Ask the Lord for rain in the spring season, the Lord who brings storm clouds, and heavy rains, who gives to everyone grain in the fields.

Hebrews 6:7

Ground that has absorbed the rain falling upon it repeatedly and brings forth crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God.