Dictionary of Bible Themes  »  4000 Creation  »  4800 Natural and supernatural phenomena  »  4853 weather  »  4854 weather, God's sovereignty over

The weather is under the control of God, who alone is able to direct it.

The weather is under God's control

Job 28:25-27; Matthew 8:26-27 pp Mark 4:39-41 pp Luke 8:24-25 See also Job 5:10; Job 26:8-9,13; Job 37:1-18; Psalm 135:7; Psalm 147:8,16-18; Psalm 148:8; Jeremiah 10:13

God alone understands the mysteries of the weather

Proverbs 3:19-20; John 3:8 See also Job 36:26-33; Job 38:22-30,34-35,37; Ecclesiastes 11:3-5

Israel's economy was dependent on the weather

Leviticus 26:4 See also Deuteronomy 11:10-15; Deuteronomy 28:12; Jeremiah 5:24; Hosea 6:3

The weather demonstrates God's goodness and mercy

Genesis 8:22; Matthew 5:45; Acts 14:17 See also Genesis 9:14-16; Deuteronomy 33:13-14; Psalm 68:7-9; Isaiah 30:23; Isaiah 49:10; Joel 2:23; Zechariah 10:1

The weather as a demonstration of God's direct intervention

Jonah 1:4 See also Exodus 14:21; Numbers 11:31; Psalm 78:26; Jonah 4:8

The weather as an answer to prayer

James 5:17-18 See also 1 Samuel 12:17-18; 1 Kings 8:35-36 pp 2 Chronicles 6:26-27; 1 Kings 18:41-44

The weather can cause suffering

Genesis 31:40; Acts 28:2 See also Ezra 10:9; Job 1:16,18-19; Matthew 20:12; John 18:18; Acts 27:15

See also

1050  God, goodness of
1130  God, sovereignty
1330  God, the provider
4844  rain
4860  wind
4970  seasons of year
8602  prayer