47 Bible Verses about Weather, God's Sovereignty Over

to make a weight for the wind. Yea, he distributes the waters by measure. When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder, then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yea, and searched it out.

And he says to them, Why are ye cowardly, O ye of little faith? Then after rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there became a great calm. But the men marveled, saying, What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?

And having awaken, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Be quiet! Silence! And the wind ceased, and it became a great calm. And he said to them, Why are ye cowardly this way? How have ye no faith? And they feared a great fear, and said to each other, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea also obey him?

And having approached, they awoke him, saying, Master, master, we are perishing. And having risen, he rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it became calm. And he said to them, Where is your faith? And having feared, they wondered, saying to each other, Who then is this man, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?

who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields,

He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them. He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud upon it.

Yea, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place. Hear, O, hear the noise of his voice, and the sound that goes out of his mouth. He sends it forth under the whole heaven, and his lightning to the ends of the earth.read more.
After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty, and he does not restrain [the lightnings] when his voice is heard. God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things which we cannot comprehend. For he says to the snow, Fall thou on the earth, likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain. He seals up the hand of every man, that all men whom he has made may know [it]. Then the beasts go into coverts, and remain in their dens. Out of the chamber [of the south] comes the storm, and cold out of the north. By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is narrowed. Yea, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning, and it is turned round about by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them upon the face of the habitable world. He causes it to come, whether it be for correction, or for his land, or for loving kindness. Hearken to this, O Job. Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. Do thou know how God lays [his charge] upon them, and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine? Do thou know the balancing of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge? How thy garments are warm when the earth is still because of the south [wind]? Can thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong as a molten mirror?

who causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain, who brings forth the wind out of his treasuries,

who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.

fire and hail, snow and vapor, stormy wind, fulfilling his word,

When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.

LORD by wisdom founded the earth. By understanding he established the heavens. By his knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

The wind blows where it will, and thou hear the sound of it, but know not from where it comes, and where it goes. So is every man who is begotten from the Spirit.

Behold, God is great, and we do not know him. The number of his years is unsearchable. For he draws up the drops of water, which distil in rain from his vapor, which the skies pour down and drop upon man abundantly.read more.
Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? Behold, he spreads his light around him, and he covers the bottom of the sea. For by these he judges the peoples. he gives food in abundance. He covers his hands with the lightning, and gives it a command that it strike the mark. The noise of it tells concerning him. The cattle also concerning [the storm] that comes up.

Have thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or have thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? By what way is the light divided, or the east wind scattered upon the earth?read more.
Who has cleft a channel for the water flood, or the way for the lightning of the thunder, to cause it to rain on a land where no man is, on the wilderness, in which there is no man, to satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], and to cause the tender grass to spring forth? Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who has engendered it? The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

For the land, where thou go in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from where ye came out, where thou sowed thy seed, and watered it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs, but the land, where ye go over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, [and] drinks water from the rain of heaven, a land which LORD thy God cares for. The eyes of LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.read more.
And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently to my commandments which I command you this day, to love LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou may gather in thy grain, and thy new wine, and thine oil. And I will give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, and thou shall eat and be full.

LORD will open to thee his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand. And thou shall lend to many nations, and thou shall not borrow.

Neither do they say in their heart, Let us now fear LORD our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season, who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

And let us know, let us follow on to know LORD. His going forth is sure as the morning, and he will come to us as the rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth.

While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

so that ye may become sons of your Father in the heavens, because he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and makes rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

although he did not leave himself without evidence, doing good and giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts of food and gladness.

And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud. And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

And of Joseph he said, Blessed of LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that couches beneath, and for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, and for the precious things of the growth of the moons,

O God, when thou went forth before thy people, when thou marched through the wilderness (Selah) the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God, Sinai at the presence of God, the God of Israel. Thou, O God, sent a plentiful rain. Thou confirmed thine inheritance when it was weary.

And he will give the rain for thy seed, with which thou shall sow the ground, and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day thy cattle shall feed in large pastures.

They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them. For he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them even by springs of water.

Be glad then, ye sons of Zion, and rejoice in LORD your God, for he gives you the former rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first [month].

Ask ye of LORD rain in the time of the latter rain, [even of] LORD who makes lightnings, and he will give them showers of rain, to everyone grass in the field.

But LORD sent out a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken.

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and LORD caused the sea to go [back] by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

And there went forth a wind from LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the

He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he guided the south wind.

And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live

Elijah was a man of the same nature as we. And by prayer, he asked for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call to LORD that he may send thunder and rain, and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of LORD in asking a king for you. So Samuel called to LORD, and LORD sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared LORD and Samuel.

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 afflict them, then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and send rain upon thy land, which thou have given to thy people for an inheritanc

When the heavens are 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 do afflict them, then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and send rain upon thy land, which thou have given to thy people for an inheritanc

And Elijah said to Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of abundance of rain. So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees. And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.read more.
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, a cloud rises out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Make ready [thy chariot], and get thee down, that the rain not stop thee.

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

And the foreigners presented uncommon kindness to us, for, having kindled a fire, they received us all because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month, and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God,

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God fell from heaven, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and only I alone have escaped to tell thee.

saying, These last did one hour, and thou have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.

Now the bondmen and the subordinates had stood, having made a fire of coals because it was cold, and they were warming themselves. And Peter was also standing with them warming himself.

And the ship having been caught, and not being able to face the wind, having given up, we were driven.