Bible Cross References
the heaven
Leviticus 26:19
I will break your stubborn pride; there will be no rain, and your land will be dry and as hard as iron.
Deuteronomy 11:17
If you do, the LORD will become angry with you. He will hold back the rain, and your ground will become too dry for crops to grow. Then you will soon die there, even though it is a good land that he is giving you.
Deuteronomy 28:23
No rain will fall, and your ground will become as hard as iron.
1 Kings 17:1-18
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A prophet named Elijah, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to King Ahab, "In the name of the LORD, the living God of Israel, whom I serve, I tell you that there will be no dew or rain for the next two or three years until I say so."
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Then the LORD said to Elijah,
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"Leave this place and go east and hide yourself near Cherith Brook, east of the Jordan.
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The brook will supply you with water to drink, and I have commanded ravens to bring you food there."
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Elijah obeyed the LORD's command, and went and stayed by Cherith Brook.
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He drank water from the brook, and ravens brought him bread and meat every morning and every evening.
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After a while the brook dried up because of the lack of rain.
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Then the LORD said to Elijah,
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"Now go to the town of Zarephath, near Sidon, and stay there. I have commanded a widow who lives there to feed you."
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So Elijah went to Zarephath, and as he came to the town gate, he saw a widow gathering firewood. "Please bring me a drink of water," he said to her.
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And as she was going to get it, he called out, "And please bring me some bread, too."
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She answered, "By the living LORD your God I swear that I don't have any bread. All I have is a handful of flour in a bowl and a bit of olive oil in a jar. I came here to gather some firewood to take back home and prepare what little I have for my son and me. That will be our last meal, and then we will starve to death."
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"Don't worry," Elijah said to her. "Go on and prepare your meal. But first make a small loaf from what you have and bring it to me, and then prepare the rest for you and your son.
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For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'The bowl will not run out of flour or the jar run out of oil before the day that I, the LORD, send rain.' "
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The widow went and did as Elijah had told her, and all of them had enough food for many days.
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As the LORD had promised through Elijah, the bowl did not run out of flour nor did the jar run out of oil.
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Some time later the widow's son got sick; he got worse and worse, and finally he died.
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She said to Elijah, "Man of God, why did you do this to me? Did you come here to remind God of my sins and so cause my son's death?"
Luke 4:25
Listen to me: it is true that there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah, when there was no rain for three and a half years and a severe famine spread throughout the whole land.
there is no rain
Isaiah 50:1
The LORD says, "Do you think I sent my people away like a man who divorces his wife? Where, then, are the papers of divorce? Do you think I sold you into captivity like a man who sells his children as slaves? No, you went away captive because of your sins; you were sent away because of your crimes.
Isaiah 50:2
"Why did my people fail to respond when I went to them to save them? Why did they not answer when I called? Am I too weak to save them? I can dry up the sea with a command and turn rivers into a desert, so that the fish in them die for lack of water.
Isaiah 5:6
I will let it be overgrown with weeds. I will not trim the vines or hoe the ground; instead, I will let briers and thorns cover it. I will even forbid the clouds to let rain fall on it."
Ezekiel 14:13
"Mortal man," he said, "if a country sins and is unfaithful to me, I will reach out and destroy its supply of food. I will send a famine and kill people and animals alike.
Amos 4:4-9
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The Sovereign LORD says, "People of Israel, go to the holy place in Bethel and sin, if you must! Go to Gilgal and sin with all your might! Go ahead and bring animals to be sacrificed morning after morning, and bring your tithes every third day.
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Go on and offer your bread in thanksgiving to God, and brag about the extra offerings you bring! This is the kind of thing you love to do.
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"I was the one who brought famine to all your cities, yet you did not come back to me.
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I kept it from raining when your crops needed it most. I sent rain on one city, but not on another. Rain fell on one field, but another field dried up.
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Weak with thirst, the people of several cities went to a city where they hoped to find water, but there was not enough to drink. Still you did not come back to me.
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"I sent a scorching wind to dry up your crops. The locusts ate up all your gardens and vineyards, your fig trees and olive trees. Still you did not come back to me.
Revelation 11:6
They have authority to shut up the sky so that there will be no rain during the time they proclaim God's message. They have authority also over the springs of water, to turn them into blood; they have authority also to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.
if they pray
Jeremiah 14:1-9
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The LORD said to me concerning the drought,
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"Judah is in mourning; its cities are dying, its people lie on the ground in sorrow, and Jerusalem cries out for help.
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The rich people send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; they come back with their jars empty. Discouraged and confused, they hide their faces.
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Because there is no rain and the ground is dried up, the farmers are sick at heart; they hide their faces.
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In the field the mother deer abandons her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
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The wild donkeys stand on the hilltops and pant for breath like jackals; their eyesight fails them because they have no food.
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My people cry out to me, 'Even though our sins accuse us, help us, LORD, as you have promised. We have turned away from you many times; we have sinned against you.
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You are Israel's only hope; you are the one who saves us from disaster. Why are you like a stranger in our land, like a traveler who stays for only one night?
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Why are you like someone taken by surprise, like a soldier powerless to help? Surely, LORD, you are with us! We are your people; do not abandon us.' "
Joel 1:13-20
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Put on sackcloth and weep, you priests who serve at the altar! Go into the Temple and mourn all night! There is no grain or wine to offer your God.
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Give orders for a fast; call an assembly! Gather the leaders and all the people of Judah into the Temple of the LORD your God and cry out to him!
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The day of the LORD is near, the day when the Almighty brings destruction. What terror that day will bring!
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We look on helpless as our crops are destroyed. There is no joy in the Temple of our God.
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The seeds die in the dry earth. There is no grain to be stored, and so the empty granaries are in ruins.
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The cattle are bellowing in distress because there is no pasture for them; the flocks of sheep also suffer.
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I cry out to you, LORD, because the pastures and trees are dried up, as though a fire had burned them.
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Even the wild animals cry out to you because the streams have become dry.
Joel 2:15-17
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Blow the trumpet on Mount Zion; give orders for a fast and call an assembly!
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Gather the people together; prepare them for a sacred meeting; bring the old people; gather the children and the babies too. Even newly married couples must leave their homes and come.
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The priests, serving the LORD between the altar and the entrance of the Temple, must weep and pray: "Have pity on your people, LORD. Do not let other nations despise us and mock us by saying, 'Where is your God?' "
turn
Proverbs 28:13
You will never succeed in life if you try to hide your sins. Confess them and give them up; then God will show mercy to you.
Ezekiel 18:27-32
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When someone evil stops sinning and does what is right and good, he saves his life.
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He realizes what he is doing and stops sinning, so he will certainly not die, but go on living.
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And you Israelites say, 'What the Lord does isn't right.' You think my way isn't right, do you? It is your way that isn't right.
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"Now I, the Sovereign LORD, am telling you Israelites that I will judge each of you by what you have done. Turn away from all the evil you are doing, and don't let your sin destroy you.
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Give up all the evil you have been doing, and get yourselves new minds and hearts. Why do you Israelites want to die?
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I do not want anyone to die," says the Sovereign LORD. "Turn away from your sins and live."
thou dost
2 Chronicles 33:12
In his suffering he became humble, turned to the LORD his God, and begged him for help.
2 Chronicles 33:13
God accepted Manasseh's prayer and answered it by letting him go back to Jerusalem and rule again. This convinced Manasseh that the LORD was God.
Hosea 5:15
"I will abandon my people until they have suffered enough for their sins and come looking for me. Perhaps in their suffering they will try to find me."
Hosea 6:1
The people say, "Let's return to the LORD! He has hurt us, but he will be sure to heal us; he has wounded us, but he will bandage our wounds, won't he?