Acts 14:17 Cross References - Coverdale

¹⁷ Neuertheles he hath not left hi selfe without wytnesse, in yt he hath shewed his benefites, and geuen vs rayne from heauen, and frutefull seasons, fyllynge oure hertes with fode and gladnesse.

⁴ the wyl I geue you rayne in due season, and ye londe shal geue hir increase, and the trees of ye felde shal brynge forth their frute.

¹² that (whan thou hast eaten & art fylled, and hast buylded goodly houses, & dwellest therin, ¹³ and whan thy beestes and shepe, and syluer, and golde, and all yt thou hast, increaseth) ¹⁴ thine hert ryse not then, and thou forget the LORDE thy God (which brought the out of the londe of Egipte, fro ye house of bondage,

¹⁴ then wyl I geue rayne vnto youre lode in due season, early and late, that thou mayest gather in thy corne, thy wyne and thine oyle:

¹² And the LORDE shal open vnto ye his good treasure, euen the heauen, to geue rayne vnto thy londe in due season, and to prospere all the workes of thine handes. And thou shalt lede vnto many nacios, but thou shalt borowe of no man.

¹ And after a longe season came ye worde of the LORDE vnto Elias in the thirde yeare, & sayde: Go thy waye, & shewe yi selfe vnto Achab, yt I maye cause it for to rayne vpon earth.

²⁵ And they wanne their stronge cities, & a fat londe, and toke possession of houses yt were full of all maner goodes, welles dygged out, vynyardes, oylgardens, & many frutefull trees: and they ate & were fylled, & became fat, & lyued in welth thorow thy greate goodnes.

¹⁰ Which geueth rayne vpo the earth, and poureth water vpon all thinges:

⁶ When he commaundeth the snowe, it falleth vpon the earth: As soone as he geueth the rayne a charge, Immediatly the showers haue their strength and fall downe

²⁶ yt it watereth & moystureth ye drye & baren grounde: ²⁷ to make the grasse growe in places where no body dwelleth, & in the wildernes where no ma remayneth? ²⁸ Who is the father of rayne? Or, who hath begotten the droppes of dew?

¹ The very heaues declare the glory off God, ad the very firmamet sheweth his hadye worke. ² One daye telleth another, and one night certifieth another. ³ There is nether speach ner laguage, but their voyces are herde amoge the. ⁴ Their soude is gone out in to all londes, and their wordes in to the endes of the worlde.

⁵ Thy mercy (O LORDE) reacheth vnto the heauen, and thy faithfulnesse vnto the cloudes. ⁶ Thy rightuousnesse stondeth like the stronge mountaynes, & thy iudgment like the greate depe. ⁷ Thou LORDE preseruest both me & beestes. How precious is thy mercy (O God) that the children of men maye put their trust vnder ye shadowe of thy wynges?

¹ Why boastest thou thy self (thou Tyraunt) that thou canst do myschefe?

⁹ Thou visetest the earth, thou watrest it, and makest it very plenteous. ¹⁰ The ryuer of God is full of waters, thou preparest man his corne, ad thus thou prouydest for the earth. ¹¹ Thou watrest hir forowes, thou breakest the harde clottes therof, thou makest it soft with ye droppes of rayne, and blessest the increase of it. ¹² Thou crownest the yeare with thy good, and thy fotesteppes droppe fatnesse. ¹³ The dwellinges of the wildernes are fatt also, yt they droppe withall, & the litle hilles are pleasaunt on euery syde. The foldes are full of shepe, the valleys stonde so thicke with corne yt they laugh and synge.

⁹ Thou o God sendest a gracious rayne vpon thyne enheritauce, & refreshest it, when it is drye. ¹⁰ That thy beastes maye dwell therin, which thou of thy goodnes hast prepared for the poore.

²⁴ O LORDE, how manifolde are thy workes, right wysely hast thou made the all: yee the earth is full of thy riches. ²⁵ So is this greate and wyde see also, wherin are thinges crepinge innumerable, both small and greate beastes. ²⁶ There go the shippes ouer, and there is that Leuiathan, whom thou hast made, to take his pastyme therin. ²⁷ They wayte all vpo the, that thou mayest geue them meate in due season. ²⁸ Whe thou geuest it them, they gather it: whe thou openest thine honde, they are fylled with good.

⁹ The LORDE is louynge vnto euery man, and his mercy is ouer all his workes.

¹⁵ The eyes of all wayte vpon the, and thou geuest them their meate in due season. ¹⁶ Thou openest thine hade, and fyllest all thinges lyuynge with plenteousnesse.

⁷ O synge vnto ye LORDE wt thankesgeuynge, synge prayses vpo ye harpe vnto or God. ⁸ Which couereth ye heauen wt cloudes, prepareth rayne for ye earth, & maketh ye grasse to growe vpon the mountaynes.

⁶ I will laye it waist, that it shall nether be twysted nor cut, but beare thornes and breares. I wil also forbyd ye cloudes, that they shal not rayne vpon it.

¹³ But they to fulfil their lust and wilfulnes, slaugter oxe, they kyll shepe, they eate costly meate, & drynke wyne: let vs eate and drinke, tomorow we shal die.

²⁴ They thinke not in their hartes: O let vs feare the LORDE oure God, that geueth vs rayne early and late, when nede is: which kepeth euer still the haruest for vs yearly.

²² Are there eny amonge the goddes of the Gentiles, that sende rayne, or geue the showers of heauen? Dost not thou it o LORDE oure God, in who we trust? Yee LORDE, thou dost all these thinges.

²⁶ Good fortune & prosperite wil I geue them, and vnto all that be rounde aboute my hill. A prosperous shower and rayne wil I sende them in due season,

²³ Be glad then (o ye children of Sion) and reioyse in the LORDE youre God, for he hath geuen you the teacher of rightuousnes: & he it is yt shal sende you downe shuwers of rayne, early and late in the first moneth:

⁴⁵ that ye maye be the chyldern of youre father which is in heauen: for he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euel and on the good, and sendeth his rayne on the iust and vniuste.

³⁵ But rather loue ye yor enemies, do good, and lende, lokynge for nothinge therof agayne: so shal yor rewarde be greate, and ye shalbe the children of the Hyest, for he is kynde, euen to the vnthankfull and to the euell.

²⁷ that they shulde seke the LORDE, yf they mighte fele and fynde him. And truly he is not farre from euery one of vs. ²⁸ For in him we lyue, moue, and haue oure beynge, as certayne of youre awne Poetes also haue sayde: We are his generacion.

¹⁹ because that it, which maye be knowne of God, is manifest with the. For God hath shewed it vnto the, ²⁰ that the inuisible thinges of God (that is, his euerlastinge power and Godheade) mighte be sene whyle they are considered by the workes from the creacion of the worlde: so that they are without excuse,

¹⁷ Charge the which are riche in this worlde, that they be not proude, ner trust in the vncertayne riches, but in the lyuynge God (which geueth vs abundauntly all thinges to enioye them:)

¹⁷ Helias was a ma mortall euen as we are, and he prayed in his prayer, that it might not rayne: & it rayned not on the earth by the space of thre yeares and sixe monethes. ¹⁸ And he prayed agayne, and ye heaue gaue rayne, & ye earth brought forth her frute.