Spring

For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; — read the full passage →

Then 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.

Ask 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.

In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

And 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:

He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.

For 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.

Be 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.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: — read the full passage →

And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; — read the full passage →

Be 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.

That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: — read the full passage →

And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: — read the full passage →

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The 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; — read the full passage →

And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →

Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it.

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. — read the full passage →

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, — read the full passage →

And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

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.

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. — read the full passage →

Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. — read the full passage →

The 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;

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: — read the full passage →

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.

This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: — read the full passage →

Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.

John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: — read the full passage →

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, — read the full passage →

A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;