Joel 2:23

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:36

listen in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel (for you teach them the good way in which they should walk). Give rain to this land of yours which you have given to your people as their heritage.

Job 33:23

If then there be a divine messenger, a mediator, one out of a thousand, to show him what is right,

Job 37:13

Whether for punishment or mercy, he makes it happen.

Psalm 104:34

May my meditation be pleasing to him; I will rejoice in the Lord.

Psalm 147:8

Who covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth, makes grass sprout on the mountains,

Psalm 149:2

Let Israel be glad in its maker, the people of Zion rejoice in their king.

Psalm 28:7

The Lord is my strength and my shield, in whom my heart trusts. I am helped, so my heart rejoices; with my song I praise him.

Psalm 32:11

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous; exult, all you upright of heart.

Psalm 84:6

Blessed the man who finds refuge in you, in their hearts are pilgrim roads.

Proverbs 16:15

A king’s smile means life, and his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

Isaiah 30:21

And your ears shall hear a word behind you: “This is the way; walk in it,” when you would turn to the right or the left.

Isaiah 30:23

He will give rain for the seed you sow in the ground, And the bread that the soil produces will be rich and abundant. On that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows;

Isaiah 41:16

When you winnow them, the wind shall carry them off, the storm shall scatter them. But you shall rejoice in the Lord; in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.

Isaiah 61:10

I will rejoice heartily in the Lord, my being exults in my God; For he has clothed me with garments of salvation, and wrapped me in a robe of justice, Like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Jeremiah 3:3

Therefore the showers were withheld, the spring rain did not fall. But because you have a prostitute’s brow, you refused to be ashamed.

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.”

Lamentations 4:2

And Zion’s precious children, worth their weight in gold— How they are treated like clay jugs, the work of any potter!

Ezekiel 34:26

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

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us strive to know the Lord; as certain as the dawn is his coming. He will come to us like the rain, like spring rain that waters the earth.”

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;

Amos 4:7

And I withheld the rain from you when the harvest was still three months away; I sent rain upon one city but not upon another; One field was watered by rain, but the one I did not water dried up;

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.

Zechariah 10:7

Then Ephraim will be like a hero, and their hearts will be cheered as by wine. Their children will see and rejoice— their hearts will exult in the Lord.

Zechariah 9:13

For I have bent Judah as my bow, I have set Ephraim as its arrow; I will arouse your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Yavan, and I will use you as a warrior’s sword.

Zechariah 9:9

Exult greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! Behold: your king is coming to you, a just savior is he, Humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Acts 14:17

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.”

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.

Deuteronomy 32:2

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.

Philippians 3:1

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is no burden for me but is a safeguard for you. Against Legalistic Teachers.

Philippians 3:3

For we are the circumcision, we who worship through the Spirit of God, who boast in Christ Jesus and do not put our confidence in flesh,

Philippians 4:4

Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice!