Bible Cross References
Are
Jeremiah 10:15
They are worthless and should be despised; they will be destroyed when the LORD comes to deal with them.
Jeremiah 16:19
LORD, you are the one who protects me and gives me strength; you help me in times of trouble. Nations will come to you from the ends of the earth and say, "Our ancestors had nothing but false gods, nothing but useless idols.
Deuteronomy 32:21
With their idols they have made me angry, jealous with their so-called gods, gods that are really not gods. So I will use a so-called nation to make them angry; I will make them jealous with a nation of fools.
Isaiah 41:29
All these gods are useless; they can do nothing at all--- these idols are weak and powerless."
Isaiah 44:12-20
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The metalworker takes a piece of metal and works with it over a fire. His strong arm swings a hammer to pound the metal into shape. As he works, he gets hungry, thirsty, and tired.
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The carpenter measures the wood. He outlines a figure with chalk, carves it out with his tools, and makes it in the form of a man, a handsome human figure, to be placed in his house.
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He might cut down cedars to use, or choose oak or cypress wood from the forest. Or he might plant a laurel tree and wait for the rain to make it grow.
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A person uses part of a tree for fuel and part of it for making an idol. With one part he builds a fire to warm himself and bake bread; with the other part he makes a god and worships it.
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With some of the wood he makes a fire; he roasts meat, eats it, and is satisfied. He warms himself and says, "How nice and warm! What a beautiful fire!"
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The rest of the wood he makes into an idol, and then he bows down and worships it. He prays to it and says, "You are my god---save me!"
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Such people are too stupid to know what they are doing. They close their eyes and their minds to the truth.
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The maker of idols hasn't the wit or the sense to say, "Some of the wood I burned up. I baked some bread on the coals, and I roasted meat and ate it. And the rest of the wood I made into an idol. Here I am bowing down to a block of wood!"
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It makes as much sense as eating ashes. His foolish ideas have so misled him that he is beyond help. He won't admit to himself that the idol he holds in his hand is not a god at all.
vanities
Deuteronomy 32:21
With their idols they have made me angry, jealous with their so-called gods, gods that are really not gods. So I will use a so-called nation to make them angry; I will make them jealous with a nation of fools.
1 Kings 17:1
A prophet named Elijah, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to King Ahab, "In the name of the LORD, the living God of Israel, whom I serve, I tell you that there will be no dew or rain for the next two or three years until I say so."
1 Kings 18:1
After some time, in the third year of the drought, the LORD said to Elijah, "Go and present yourself to King Ahab, and I will send rain."
Psalm 74:1
Why have you abandoned us like this, O God? Will you be angry with your own people forever?
Psalm 74:2
Remember your people, whom you chose for yourself long ago, whom you brought out of slavery to be your own tribe. Remember Mount Zion, where once you lived.
Zechariah 10:1
Ask the LORD for rain in the spring of the year. It is the LORD who sends rain clouds and showers, making the fields green for everyone.
Zechariah 10:2
People consult idols and fortunetellers, but the answers they get are lies and nonsense. Some interpret dreams, but only mislead you; the comfort they give is useless. So the people wander about like lost sheep. They are in trouble because they have no leader.
Acts 14:15-17
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"Why are you doing this? We ourselves are only human beings like you! We are here to announce the Good News, to turn you away from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven, earth, sea, and all that is in them.
16
In the past he allowed all people to go their own way.
17
But he has always given evidence of his existence by the good things he does: he gives you rain from heaven and crops at the right times; he gives you food and fills your hearts with happiness."
Art
Jeremiah 5:24
You never thought to honor me, even though I send the autumn rains and the spring rains and give you the harvest season each year.
Jeremiah 10:13
At his command the waters above the sky roar; he brings clouds from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning flash in the rain and sends the wind from his storeroom.
Jeremiah 51:16
At his command the waters above the sky roar; he brings clouds from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning flash in the rain and sends the wind from his storeroom.
Deuteronomy 28:12
He will send rain in season from his rich storehouse in the sky and bless all your work, so that you will lend to many nations, but you will not have to borrow from any.
1 Kings 8:36
listen to them in heaven. Forgive the sins of the king and of the people of Israel, and teach them to do what is right. Then, O LORD, send rain on this land of yours, which you gave to your people as a permanent possession.
1 Kings 17:14
For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'The bowl will not run out of flour or the jar run out of oil before the day that I, the LORD, send rain.' "
1 Kings 18:39-45
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When the people saw this, they threw themselves on the ground and exclaimed, "The LORD is God; the LORD alone is God!"
40
Elijah ordered, "Seize the prophets of Baal; don't let any of them get away!" The people seized them all, and Elijah led them down to Kishon Brook and killed them.
41
Then Elijah said to King Ahab, "Now, go and eat. I hear the roar of rain approaching."
42
While Ahab went to eat, Elijah climbed to the top of Mount Carmel, where he bowed down to the ground, with his head between his knees.
43
He said to his servant, "Go and look toward the sea." The servant went and returned, saying, "I didn't see a thing." Seven times in all Elijah told him to go and look.
44
The seventh time he returned and said, "I saw a little cloud no bigger than a man's hand, coming up from the sea." Elijah ordered his servant, "Go to King Ahab and tell him to get in his chariot and go back home before the rain stops him."
45
In a little while the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind began to blow, and a heavy rain began to fall. Ahab got in his chariot and started back to Jezreel.
Job 5:10
He sends rain on the land and he waters the fields.
Job 38:26-28
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Who makes rain fall where no one lives?
27
Who waters the dry and thirsty land, so that grass springs up?
28
Does either the rain or the dew have a father?
Psalm 147:8
He spreads clouds over the sky; he provides rain for the earth and makes grass grow on the hills.
Isaiah 30:23
Whenever you plant your crops, the Lord will send rain to make them grow and will give you a rich harvest, and your livestock will have plenty of pasture.
Joel 2:23
"Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice at what the LORD your God has done for you. He has given you the right amount of autumn rain; he has poured down the winter rain for you and the spring rain as before.
Amos 4:7
I kept it from raining when your crops needed it most. I sent rain on one city, but not on another. Rain fell on one field, but another field dried up.
Matthew 5:45
so that you may become the children of your Father in heaven. For he makes his sun to shine on bad and good people alike, and gives rain to those who do good and to those who do evil.
wait
Psalm 25:3
Defeat does not come to those who trust in you, but to those who are quick to rebel against you.
Psalm 25:21
May my goodness and honesty preserve me, because I trust in you.
Psalm 27:14
Trust in the LORD. Have faith, do not despair. Trust in the LORD.
Psalm 130:5
I wait eagerly for the LORD's help, and in his word I trust.
Psalm 135:7
He brings storm clouds from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the storms, and he brings out the wind from his storeroom.
Isaiah 30:18
And yet the LORD is waiting to be merciful to you. He is ready to take pity on you because he always does what is right. Happy are those who put their trust in the LORD.
Isaiah 30:23
Whenever you plant your crops, the Lord will send rain to make them grow and will give you a rich harvest, and your livestock will have plenty of pasture.
Lamentations 3:25
The LORD is good to everyone who trusts in him,
Lamentations 3:26
So it is best for us to wait in patience---to wait for him to save us---
Micah 7:7
But I will watch for the LORD; I will wait confidently for God, who will save me. My God will hear me.
Habakkuk 3:17-19
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Even though the fig trees have no fruit and no grapes grow on the vines, even though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no grain, even though the sheep all die and the cattle stalls are empty,
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I will still be joyful and glad, because the LORD God is my savior.
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The Sovereign LORD gives me strength. He makes me sure-footed as a deer and keeps me safe on the mountains.