Zechariah 10:1

New Century Version

Ask the Lord for rain during the springtime rains. The Lord is the one who makes the clouds. He sends the showers and gives everyone green fields.

Cross References

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah the Tishbite was a prophet from the settlers in Gilead. “I serve the Lord, the God of Israel,” Elijah said to Ahab. “As surely as the Lord lives, no rain or dew will fall during the next few years unless I command it.”

Job 29:23

They waited for me as they would for rain and drank in my words like spring rain.

Psalm 104:13

You water the mountains from above. The earth is full of the things you made.

Psalm 135:7

He brings the clouds from the ends of the earth. He sends the lightning with the rain. He brings out the wind from his storehouses.

Psalm 65:9

You take care of the land and water it; you make it very fertile. The rivers of God are full of water. Grain grows because you make it grow.

Psalm 72:6

Let him be like rain on the grass, like showers that water the earth.

Proverbs 16:15

A smiling king can give people life; his kindness is like a spring shower.

Isaiah 30:23

At that time the Lord will send rain for the seeds you plant in the ground, and the ground will grow food for you. The harvest will be rich and great, and you will have plenty of food in the fields for your animals.

Isaiah 44:3

I will pour out water for the thirsty land and make streams flow on dry land. I will pour out my Spirit into your children and my blessing on your descendants.

Isaiah 5:6

I will ruin my field. It will not be trimmed or hoed, and weeds and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”

Jeremiah 10:13

When he thunders, the waters in the skies roar. He makes clouds rise in the sky all over the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

Jeremiah 14:22

Do foreign idols have the power to bring rain? Does the sky itself have the power to send down showers? No, it is you, Lord our God. You are our only hope, because you are the one who made all these things.

Jeremiah 5:24

They do not say to themselves, ‘We should fear the Lord our God, who gives us autumn and spring rains in their seasons, who makes sure we have the harvest at the right time.’

Jeremiah 51:16

When he thunders, the waters in the skies roar. He makes clouds rise in the sky all over the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

Ezekiel 34:26

I will bless them and let them live around my hill. I will cause the rains to come when it is time; there will be showers to bless them.

Ezekiel 36:37

“This is what the Lord God says: I will let myself be asked by the people of Israel to do this for them again: I will make their people grow in number like a flock.

Hosea 10:12

I said, ‘Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. Look for the Lord until he comes and pours goodness on you like water.’

Hosea 6:3

and know him. Let’s try to learn about the Lord; he will come to us as surely as the dawn comes. He will come to us like rain, like the spring rain that waters the ground.”

Amos 4:7

“I held back the rain from you three months before harvest time. Then I let it rain on one city but not on another. Rain fell on one field, but another field got none and dried up.

Micah 5:7

Then the people of Jacob who are left alive will be to other people like dew from the Lord or rain on the grass— it does not wait for human beings; it does not pause for any person.

John 16:23

In that day you will not ask me for anything. I tell you the truth, my Father will give you anything you ask for in my name.

1 Corinthians 3:6

I planted the seed, and Apollos watered it. But God is the One who made it grow.

Deuteronomy 28:23

The sky above will be like bronze, and the ground below will be like iron.

James 5:7

Brothers and sisters, be patient until the Lord comes again. A farmer patiently waits for his valuable crop to grow from the earth and for it to receive the autumn and spring rains.