Bible Cross References
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Ezekiel 36:37
The Sovereign LORD says, "I will once again let the Israelites ask me for help, and I will let them increase in numbers like a flock of sheep.
Matthew 7:7
"Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Matthew 7:8
For everyone who asks will receive, and anyone who seeks will find, and the door will be opened to those who knock.
John 16:23
"When that day comes, you will not ask me for anything. I am telling you the truth: the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name.
James 5:16-18
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So then, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you will be healed. The prayer of a good person has a powerful effect.
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Elijah was the same kind of person as we are. He prayed earnestly that there would be no rain, and no rain fell on the land for three and a half years.
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Once again he prayed, and the sky poured out its rain and the earth produced its crops.
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Deuteronomy 11:13
"So then, obey the commands that I have given you today; love the LORD your God and serve him with all your heart.
Deuteronomy 28:23
No rain will fall, and your ground will become as hard as iron.
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 18:41-45
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Then Elijah said to King Ahab, "Now, go and eat. I hear the roar of rain approaching."
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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.
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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."
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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.
Isaiah 5:6
I will let it be overgrown with weeds. I will not trim the vines or hoe the ground; instead, I will let briers and thorns cover it. I will even forbid the clouds to let rain fall on it."
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.
Jeremiah 14:22
None of the idols of the nations can send rain; the sky by itself cannot make showers fall. We have put our hope in you, O LORD our God, because you are the one who does these things.
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.
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Deuteronomy 11:14
If you do, he will send rain on your land when it is needed, in the autumn and in the spring, so that there will be grain, wine, and olive oil for you,
Job 29:23
everyone welcomed them just as farmers welcome rain in spring.
Proverbs 16:15
The king's favor is like the clouds that bring rain in the springtime---life is there.
Hosea 6:3
Let us try to know the LORD. He will come to us as surely as the day dawns, as surely as the spring rains fall upon the earth."
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.
Joel 2:24
The threshing places will be full of grain; the pits beside the presses will overflow with wine and olive oil.
James 5:7
Be patient, then, my friends, until the Lord comes. See how patient farmers are as they wait for their land to produce precious crops. They wait patiently for the autumn and spring rains.
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Job 36:27-31
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It is God who takes water from the earth and turns it into drops of rain.
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He lets the rain pour from the clouds in showers for all human beings.
29
No one knows how the clouds move or how the thunder roars through the sky, where God dwells.
30
He sends lightning through all the sky, but the depths of the sea remain dark.
31
This is how he feeds the people and provides an abundance of food.
Job 37:1-6
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The storm makes my heart beat wildly.
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Listen, all of you, to the voice of God, to the thunder that comes from his mouth.
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He sends the lightning across the sky, from one end of the earth to the other.
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Then the roar of his voice is heard, the majestic sound of thunder, and all the while the lightning flashes.
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At God's command amazing things happen, wonderful things that we can't understand.
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He commands snow to fall on the earth, and sends torrents of drenching rain.
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.
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Psalm 65:9
You show your care for the land by sending rain; you make it rich and fertile. You fill the streams with water; you provide the earth with crops. This is how you do it:
Psalm 72:6
May the king be like rain on the fields, like showers falling on the land.
Psalm 104:13
From the sky you send rain on the hills, and the earth is filled with your blessings.
Isaiah 44:3
"I will give water to the thirsty land and make streams flow on the dry ground. I will pour out my spirit on your children and my blessing on your descendants.
Ezekiel 34:26
"I will bless them and let them live around my sacred hill. There I will bless them with showers of rain when they need it.
Hosea 10:12
I said, 'Plow new ground for yourselves, plant righteousness, and reap the blessings that your devotion to me will produce. It is time for you to turn to me, your LORD, and I will come and pour out blessings upon you.'
Micah 5:7
The people of Israel who survive will be like refreshing dew sent by the LORD for many nations, like showers on growing plants. They will depend on God, not people.
1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plant, but it was God who made the plant grow.