John 16
27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
Quoting: TheLordsServant Job 38:28
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Job 5:10
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
Job 28:26
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
Job 29:23
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Job 14:7-9, KJV
7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Titus
while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
Daniel 4:14-16 King James Version (KJV)
14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
15 Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field;
and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
