Proverbs 16:15

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

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,

He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.

that I will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.

They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.

Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.

You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb.

Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.

Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.

He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings with the rain. He brings the wind out of his treasuries.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

Yahweh lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.’

shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.’

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was very angry, and his anger burned in him.

They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.

Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers.

A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man’s justice comes from Yahweh.

He will give the rain for your seed, with which you will sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground will be rich and plentiful. In that day, your livestock will feed in large pastures.

Rain, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may produce salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. I, Yahweh, have created it.

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their heart will rejoice as through wine; yes, their children will see it, and rejoice. Their heart will be glad in Yahweh.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw.”

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.

For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

He stayed there that night, and took from that which he had with him a present for Esau, his brother:

Then you shall sound the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you shall sound the trumpet throughout all your land.

Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, and you will not borrow.

“So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.

The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden. Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.

“If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him;

He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.

For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.

You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.

But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.

May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us.

He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.

Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion; for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forever more.

Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead and you refused to be ashamed.

They don’t say in their heart, ‘Let’s now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season, who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.’

The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples, like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that don’t wait for man, nor wait for the sons of men.

The victory that day was turned into mourning among all the people; for the people heard it said that day, “The king grieves for his son.”

Many say, “Who will show us any good?” Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.

For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Let’s acknowledge Yahweh. Let’s press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”

“Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he gives you the early rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the early rain and the latter rain, as before.

Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.

You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’