12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

• Blessing and Curse
• Creation
• Providence

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 3:6 — I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
• 1Kgs 17:1 — And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my w
• 1Kgs 18:41 — And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
• 2Chr 6:27 — Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou ha
• 2Sam 21:10 — And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the ai
• Amos 4:7 — 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
• Deut 11:13 — And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
• Deut 28:23 — And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
• Deut 32:2 — My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
• Ezek 34:26 — And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
• Ezek 36:37 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
• Hos 6:3 — 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.
• Hos 6:3 — 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.
• Hos 10:12 — Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
• Isa 5:6 — And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
• Isa 30:23 — Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pa
• Isa 30:23 — Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pa
• Isa 44:3 — For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
• Jas 5:7 — Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter ra
• Jas 5:7 — Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter ra
• Jas 5:16 — Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
• Jer 5:24 — 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.
• Jer 10:13 — When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind
• Jer 14:22 — 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 t
• Jer 14:22 — 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 t
• Jer 51:16 — When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind
• Job 28:26 — When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
• Job 29:23 — And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
• Job 29:23 — And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
• Job 36:27 — For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
• Job 37:1 — At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
• Job 38:34 — Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
• Joel 2:23 — 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
• Joel 2:23 — 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
• John 16:23 — And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
• Matt 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
• Mic 5:7 — And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
• Prov 16:15 — In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
• Ps 65:9 — Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
• Ps 72:6 — He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.