Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'rain' occurs 115 times in the standard works.

46 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'rain' in the standard works and contain 40% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 16 minutes to read the entire list.

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Joel 2:23 (4 in 1 verse)

Deut. 11:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 11:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Amos 4:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Zech. 10:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 32:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 29:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 37:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 5:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 38:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 9:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

James 5:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 92 43 135
Gen. 4 7 11
Ex. 4 3 7
Lev. 1 0 1
Deut. 9 0 9
1 Sam. 2 2 4
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 9 1 10
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
2 Chr. 3 1 4
Ezra 2 0 2
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 10 5 15
Ps. 7 5 12
Prov. 5 4 9
Eccl. 2 1 3
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 6 5 11
Jer. 6 2 8
Ezek. 3 2 5
Hosea 3 0 3
Joel 4 0 4
Amos 3 3 6
Zech. 5 0 5
NT 10 23 33
BM 10 48 58
DC 0 11 11
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 115 125 240

Gen. 8:2
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

Gen. 11:6
And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Gen. 14:14
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

Gen. 16:2
And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

Gen. 19:24
Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;

Gen. 43:31
And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

Gen. 45:1
Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

Ex. 9:3
Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.

Ex. 9:23
And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

Ex. 36:6
And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.

1 Sam. 3:13
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

1 Sam. 14:6
And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work for us: for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few.

1 Kgs. 10:2
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

2 Kgs. 4:8
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

2 Chr. 13:19
And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.

Esth. 5:10
Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

Job 7:11
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 15:4
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

Job 15:8
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

Job 29:9
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

Job 32:18
For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.

Ps. 40:9
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.

Ps. 76:10
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

Ps. 78:24
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

Ps. 78:27
He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

Ps. 119:101
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

Prov. 1:15
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

Prov. 10:19
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

Prov. 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Prov. 27:15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

Eccl. 3:5
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

Isa. 6:1
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

Isa. 42:14
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

Isa. 48:9
For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

Isa. 63:15
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

Isa. 64:12
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

Jer. 14:10
Thus saith the Lord unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the Lord doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

Jer. 31:16
Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

Ezek. 22:24
Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

Ezek. 31:15
Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

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 upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

Amos 9:9
For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.