To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
— Ecclesiastes 3:1Then 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.
— Hosea 6:3And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
— Genesis 1:14Be 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 rain.
— James 5:7Be 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 rain in the first month.
— Joel 2:23For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
— Isaiah 61:11Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
— Zechariah 10:1For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
— Song of Solomon 2:11The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
— Song of Solomon 2:12And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
— Job 29:23In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
— Proverbs 16:15He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
— Psalms 104:10The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
— Song of Solomon 2:13