Topic
Drought
13 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 31:40Easton · Nave General scriptures concerning
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
- Deuteronomy 28:23Easton · Nave Sent by God as a judgment
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
- Psalms 32:4Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
- Deuteronomy 28:24Nave Sent by God as a judgment
The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
- 1 Kings 8:35Nave Sent by God as a judgment
¶ 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 afflictest them:
- 1 Kings 17:18Nave General scriptures concerning
And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
- 2 Chronicles 6:26Nave Sent by God as a judgment
¶ When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
- 2 Chronicles 7:13Nave Sent by God as a judgment
If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
- Psalms 102:4Easton
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
- Isaiah 44:3Nave FIGURATIVE
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
- Jeremiah 14:1–6Nave General scriptures concerning
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to…
- Hosea 13:15Nave Sent by God as a judgment
¶ Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
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- Haggai 1:11 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 5 references
From the middle of May to about the middle of August the land of Palestine is dry. It is then the “drought of summer” (Gen. 31:40; Ps. 32:4), and the land suffers (Deut. 28:23: Ps. 102:4), vegetation being preserved only by the dews (Hag. 1:11). (See DEW.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
drout. See FAMINE.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.