Zechariah 10:1

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab: “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, during these years there shall be no dew or rain except at my word.”

Job 29:23

They waited for me as for the rain; they drank in my words like the spring rains.

Psalm 104:13

You water the mountains from your chambers; from the fruit of your labor the earth abounds.

Psalm 135:7

It is he who raises storm clouds from the end of the earth, makes lightning for the rain, and brings forth wind from his storehouse.

Psalm 65:9

Distant peoples stand in awe of your marvels; the places of morning and evening you make resound with joy.

Psalm 72:6

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

Proverbs 16:15

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

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 44:3

I will pour out water upon the thirsty ground, streams upon the dry land; I will pour out my spirit upon your offspring, my blessing upon your descendants.

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 10:13

When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar, and he brings up clouds from the end of the earth, Makes lightning flash in the rain, and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

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.”

Jeremiah 51:16

When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar, he summons clouds from the ends of the earth, Makes lightning flash in the rain, and brings out winds from their storehouses.

Ezekiel 34:26

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

Ezekiel 36:37

Thus says the Lord God: This also I will be persuaded to do for the house of Israel: to multiply them like sheep.

Hosea 10:12

“Sow for yourselves justice, reap the reward of loyalty; Break up for yourselves a new field, for it is time to seek the Lord, till he comes and rains justice upon you.”

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.”

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;

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.

John 16:23

On that day you will not question me about anything. Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

1 Corinthians 3:6

I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth.

Deuteronomy 28:23

The heavens over your heads will be like bronze and the earth under your feet like iron.

James 5:7

Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.