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Acts 14:17

Yet 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.”

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ASV

And yet he left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

KJV

Nevertheless 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.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καίτοιkaitoiand yetG2532 →G5104 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
ἀμάρτυρονamarturonwithout witnessG267 →
αὐτὸνautonHimselfG846 →
ἀφῆκενaphēkenHe has leftG863 →
ἀγαθουργῶν,agathourgōndoing good,G14 →
οὐρανόθενouranothenfrom heavenG3771 →
ὑμῖνhuminto youG4771 →
ὑετοὺςhu'etousrainsG5205 →
διδοὺςdidousgivingG1325 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
καιροὺςkairousseasonsG2540 →
καρποφόρους,karpophorousfruitful,G2593 →
ἐμπιπλῶνempiplōnfillingG1705 →
τροφῆςtrophēswith foodG5160 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
εὐφροσύνηςeuphrosunēsgladnessG2167 →
τὰςtastheG3588 →
καρδίαςkardiasheartsG2588 →
ὑμῶν.humōnof you.G4771 →

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Acts 17:27God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.Romans 1:19–20For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.Genesis 1:29Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.Joel 2:23Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.Psalms 74:17You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.Psalms 33:5The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.Job 5:10He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.Job 36:31For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.Deuteronomy 11:14then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”Psalms 65:13The pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.Psalms 4:7You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.John 5:17But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”Leviticus 26:4I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.Psalms 145:15–16The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.Psalms 147:7–8Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,Deuteronomy 28:12The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

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