Job 29:23
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
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Job 29:23
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
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Job 29:7
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Job 29:8
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
Job 29:9
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
Job 29:10
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
Job 29:11
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
Job 29:12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Job 29:13
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job 29:14
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Job 29:15
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
Job 29:16
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Job 29:17
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Job 29:18
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
Job 29:19
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
Job 29:20
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
Job 29:22
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
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Job 29:21
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Job 29:24
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Job 29:25
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
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Psalms 72:6
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Hosea 6:3
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
James 5:7
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
Zechariah 10:1
Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
Deuteronomy 11:14
That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
Hosea 14:5
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Joel 2:23
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
Joel 2:24
And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
Deuteronomy 32:2
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
Isaiah 55:10
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
Isaiah 55:11
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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Psalms 119:131
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
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