Occasioned by the condensing of the clouds
Job 36:27,28; Psalm 77:17; Ecclesiastes 11:3
GOD Made a decree for
Job 28:26
Prepares
Psalm 147:8
Gives
Job 5:10
Causes, to come down
Joel 2:23
Exhibits goodness in giving
Acts 14:17
Exhibits greatness in giving
Job 36:26,27
Sends upon the evil and good
Matthew 5:45
Should be praised for
Psalm 147:7,8
Should be feared on account of
Jeremiah 5:24
Impotence of idols exhibited in not being able to give
Jeremiah 14:22
Not sent upon the earth immediately after creation
Genesis 2:5
Rarely falls in Egypt
Deuteronomy 11:10; Zechariah 14:18
Canaan abundantly supplied with
Deuteronomy 11:11
DESIGNED FOR Refreshing the earth
Psalm 68:9; 72:6
Making fruitful the earth
Hebrews 6:7
Replenishing the springs and fountains of the earth
Psalm 104:8
Promised in due season to the obedient
Leviticus 26:4; Deuteronomy 11:14; Ezekiel 34:26,27
Frequently withheld on account of iniquity
Deuteronomy 11:17; Jeremiah 3:3; 5:25; Amos 4:7
THE WANT OF Causes the earth to open
Job 29:23; Jeremiah 14:4
Dries up springs and fountains
1 Kings 17:7
Occasions famine
1 Kings 18:1,2
Removed by prayer
1 Kings 8:35,36; James 5:18
Withheld for three years and six months in the days of Elijah
1 Kings 17:1; James 5:17
DIVIDED INTO Great
Ezra 10:9
Plentiful
Psalm 68:9
Overflowing
Ezekiel 38:22
Sweeping
Proverbs 28:3
Small
Job 37:6
The former, after harvest, to prepare for sowing
Deuteronomy 11:14; Jeremiah 5:24
The latter, before harvest
Joel 2:23; Zechariah 10:1
The rainbow often appears during
Genesis 9:14; Ezekiel 1:28
Often succeeded by heat and sunshine
2 Samuel 23:4; Isaiah 18:4
The appearance of a cloud from the west indicated
1 Kings 18:44; Luke 12:54
The north wind drives away
Proverbs 25:23
Unusual in harvest time
Proverbs 26:1
Thunder and lightning often with
Psalm 135:7
Storm and tempest often with
Matthew 7:25,27
INSTANCES OF EXTRAORDINARY Time of the flood
Genesis 7:4,12
Plague of, upon Egypt
Exodus 9:18,23
During wheat harvest in the days of Samuel
1 Samuel 12:17,18
After long drought in Ahab's reign
1 Kings 18:45
After the captivity
Ezra 10:9,13
Often impeded travelling in the east
1 Kings 18:44; Isaiah 4:6
Often destroyed houses
Ezekiel 13:13-15; Matthew 7:27
ILLUSTRATIVE Of the word of God
Isaiah 55:10,11
Of the doctrine of faithful ministers
Deuteronomy 32:2
Of Christ in the communication of his graces
Psalm 72:6; Hosea 6:3
Of spiritual blessings
Psalm 68:9; 84:6; Ezekiel 34:26
Of righteousness
Hosea 10:12
(Destructive,) of God's judgments
Job 20:23; Psalm 11:6; Ezekiel 38:22
(Destructive,) of a poor man oppressing the poor
Proverbs 28:3