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 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 bow 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