RAIN: - Occasioned by the condensing of the clouds Job 36:27,28; Ps 77:17; Ec 11:3 - GOD . Made a decree for Job 28:26 . Prepares Ps 147:8 . Gives Job 5:10 . Causes, to come down Joe 2:23 . Exhibits goodness in giving Ac 14:17 . Exhibits greatness in giving Job 36:26,27 . Sends upon the evil and good Mt 5:45 . Should be praised for Ps 147:7,8 . Should be feared on account of Jer 5:24 - Impotence of idols exhibited in not being able to give Jer 14:22 - Not sent upon the earth immediately after creation Ge 2:5 - Rarely falls in Egypt De 11:10; Zec 14:18 - Canaan abundantly supplied with De 11:11 - DESIGNED FOR . Refreshing the earth Ps 68:9; 72:6 . Making fruitful the earth Heb 6:7 . Replenishing the springs and fountains of the earth Ps 104:8 - Promised in due season to the obedient Le 26:4; De 11:14; Eze 34:26,27 - Frequently withheld on account of iniquity De 11:17; Jer 3:3; 5:25; Am 4:7 - THE WANT OF . Causes the earth to open Job 29:23; Jer 14:4 . Dries up springs and fountains 1Ki 17:7 . Occasions famine 1Ki 18:1,2 . Removed by prayer 1Ki 8:35,36; Jas 5:18 - Withheld for three years and six months in the days of Elijah 1Ki 17:1; Jas 5:17 - DIVIDED INTO . Great Ezr 10:9 . Plentiful Ps 68:9 . Overflowing Eze 38:22 . Sweeping Pr 28:3 . Small Job 37:6 - The former, after harvest, to prepare for sowing De 11:14; Jer 5:24 - The latter, before harvest Joe 2:23; Zec 10:1 - The rainbow often appears during Ge 9:14; Eze 1:28 - Often succeeded by heat and sunshine 2Sa 23:4; Isa 18:4 - The appearance of a cloud from the west indicated 1Ki 18:44; Lu 12:54 - The north wind drives away Pr 25:23 - Unusual in harvest time Pr 26:1 - Thunder and lightning often with Ps 135:7 - Storm and tempest often with Mt 7:25,27 - INSTANCES OF EXTRAORDINARY . Time of the flood Ge 7:4,12 . Plague o
f, upon Egypt Ex 9:18,23 . During wheat harvest in the days of Samuel 1Sa 12:17,18 . After long drought in Ahab's reign 1Ki 18:45 . After the captivity Ezr 10:9,13 - Often impeded travelling in the east 1Ki 18:44; Isa 4:6 - Often destroyed houses Eze 13:13-15; Mt 7:27 - ILLUSTRATIVE . Of the word of God Isa 55:10,11 . Of the doctrine of faithful ministers De 32:2 . Of Christ in the communication of his graces Ps 72:6; Ho 6:3 . Of spiritual blessings Ps 68:9; 84:6; Eze 34:26 . Of righteousness Ho 10:12 . (Destructive,) of God's judgments Job 20:23; Ps 11:6; Eze 38:22 . (Destructive,) of a poor man oppressing the poor Pr 28:3