Amos 4:7
And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
Cross-reference
Amos 1:2 depicts God's judgment causing withering, echoing the drought judgment of Amos 4:7 where rain is withheld.
Deuteronomy 28:23 describes heaven like bronze and ground like iron—a vivid parallel to the withheld rain in Amos, both covenant curses for disobedience.
Isaiah 5:6 says God will command clouds not to rain—a direct parallel to the selective drought in Amos as judgment on Israel.
Jeremiah 3:3 says showers were withheld because of Israel's spiritual adultery—the same cause and effect as the drought in Amos.
Jeremiah 5:24 describes God giving rain in season—the opposite of the selective drought in Amos, highlighting God's sovereign control over blessings and judgments.
Jeremiah 5:25 explains that sins cause good to be withheld—the same logic underlying the drought in Amos, where disobedience brings withheld rain.
2 Chronicles 7:13 echoes God shutting the heavens to withhold rain as a judgment—the same divine action seen in Amos 4:7.
Jeremiah 14:22 affirms only God can give rain—reinforcing that the drought in Amos is an act of His sovereign judgment.
In 1 Kings 8:35, Solomon prays about heaven shut up with no rain due to sin—the same cause and effect as Amos, with a call to prayer.
Joel 1:10-18 describes drought and crop failure as divine judgment, directly parallel to God withholding rain in Amos.
Deuteronomy 28:24 says rain will become dust and powder—directly matching the drought judgment in Amos as a covenantal curse.
Joel 2:23 promises abundant rain as a blessing—the opposite of the judgment drought in Amos, contrasting divine favor with punishment.
In Leviticus 26:23, the same progression of judgment and non-repentance is described, mirroring the repeated 'yet you did not return' pattern in Amos 4.
In Leviticus 26:18-21, the covenant curse of withholding rain and making heavens like bronze provides the legal background for the drought in Amos 4:7.
Haggai 1:10 says heaven withheld dew because of disobedience—directly parallel to Amos's drought as judgment for Israel's sins.
Haggai 1:11 lists drought on land and crops, mirroring the selective rain judgment in Amos—both use drought as punishment.
Revelation 11:6 gives witnesses power to shut the sky from rain—directly echoing the judgment by drought in Amos.
Psalm 107:33 tells of God turning rivers into dry ground — the same kind of drought judgment as the withheld rain in Amos 4:7.
Zechariah 10:1 encourages asking God for rain as blessing, contrasting with God withholding rain as judgment in Amos 4:7.
Leviticus 26:4 promises rain as a blessing for obedience — the opposite of the withheld rain in Amos 4:7 as judgment.
Deuteronomy 11:17 warns that the Lord will shut the heavens and withhold rain for disobedience — directly matching the drought judgment in Amos 4:7.
James 5:17 recalls Elijah's prayer stopping rain—another instance of God controlling rain in judgment, like the drought in Amos.
Zechariah 14:17 ties lack of rain to failure to worship—same principle as Amos: rain withheld as divine judgment.
1 Kings 18:1 tells how God ended a three‑year drought — the same divine control over rain seen in Amos 4:7, but in a restoration context.
Joel 1:16 laments food cut off due to locusts and drought — a similar agricultural judgment by God as the withheld rain in Amos 4:7.
Exodus 8:22 shows God distinguishing between Israelites and Egyptians during plagues, similar to Amos's selective rain as judgment.
Exodus 9:4 also depicts God making a distinction between Israel and Egypt, paralleling the selective judgment in Amos.
Exodus 9:26 again shows the land of Goshen spared from hail, echoing God's selective withholding in Amos.
Exodus 10:23 contrasts light for Israelites with darkness for Egyptians, similar selective divine intervention as rain in Amos.
Genesis 7:4 has God sending rain as judgment in the flood, whereas Amos withholds rain. Opposite actions, same divine purpose.
Jeremiah 14:4 depicts cracked ground from no rain—the same effect as the drought in Amos, illustrating the common consequence of divine judgment.
Job 5:10 describes God’s general provision of rain — a contrast to the specific withholding of rain as punishment in Amos 4:7.
Job 28:26 states that God made a decree for the rain — the same sovereignty that allows Him to withhold it in Amos 4:7.
Job 37:12 describes clouds and rain turning according to God’s command — the same divine direction behind the selective drought in Amos 4:7.
Isaiah 30:23 promises rain for sowing as a blessing after restoration — contrasting the curse of withheld rain in Amos 4:7.
Judges 6:37-40 describes Gideon's fleece test with selective wet/dry, mirroring God's control over moisture but for a sign, not judgment.