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Acts 14:17

WEB

17Yet he didn’t leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you[+] rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”

KJV

17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

BSB

17Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”

FBV

17Even so he still provided evidence of himself by doing good, sending you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons, providing all the food you need, and filling you with happiness.”

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Extra References

Romans 1:19-20

19because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them. 20For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuse.


Joel 2:23

23Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD, 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.


Job 5:10

10who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;


Deuteronomy 11:14

14that 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.


Isaiah 5:6

6I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.”


Jeremiah 5:24

24They don’t say in their heart, ‘Let’s now fear the LORD our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season, who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.’


1 Timothy 6:17

17Charge those who are rich in this present age that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;


Leviticus 26:4

4then 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.


Psalms 19:1-4

1The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork. 2Day after day they pour out speech, and night after night they display knowledge. 3There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. 4Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,


Ezekiel 34:26

26I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing. I will cause the shower to come down in its season. There will be showers of blessing.