Bible Verses About Rain
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for rain, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 10,545 votes, led by Leviticus 26:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Rain
Leviticus 26:4564 votes
Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
Zechariah 10:1446 votes
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.
James 5:18390 votes
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Hosea 6:3369 votes
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.
Jeremiah 5:24353 votes
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
Isaiah 55:10335 votes
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:
1 Kings 18:41-45328 votes
And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
Acts 14:17314 votes
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Job 5:10295 votes
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
Psalms 72:6272 votes
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Matthew 5:45262 votes
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Deuteronomy 11:14256 votes
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.
Joel 2:23224 votes
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.
Jeremiah 14:22217 votes
Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
Psalms 147:8196 votes
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Isaiah 45:8192 votes
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it.
Deuteronomy 28:12163 votes
The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
1 Kings 8:35163 votes
When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
Genesis 7:4156 votes
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Amos 4:7154 votes
And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
Job 37:6152 votes
For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
James 5:17147 votes
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
Hebrews 6:7144 votes
For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
James 5:17-18132 votes
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
Isaiah 55:10-11115 votes
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:
What does the Bible say about rain?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 26:4 on the subject of rain. Across 10,545 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Zechariah 10:1, James 5:18, Hosea 6:3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.