Psalm 72:6

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

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.”

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.

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:

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.

Proverbs 19:12

The king’s wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor, like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 16:15

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

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.