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

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Rom. 1:20• ²⁰For the invisible things of him from [the] world's creation are perceived, being understood by the works, both his eternal power and Godhead, that they might be inexcusable. (Rom. 1:20)

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Job 5:10• ¹⁰Who giveth rain on the face of the earth,{HR}And sendeth water on the face of the fields, (Job 5:10)

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Psa. 147:8• ⁸He covereth the heaven with clouds,{HR}He provideth rain for the earth,{HR}He causeth mountains to bring forth grass, (Psa. 147:8)

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Matt. 5:45• ⁴⁵that ye may be sons of your Father that is in [the] heavens; for he maketh his sun rise on evil and good, and sendeth rain on just and unjust. (Matt. 5:45)

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he left.

Acts 17:27‑28• ²⁷that they should seek God if haply they might feel after and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
²⁸For in him we live and move and are; as also some of your own poets have said, For his off-spring also are we. (Acts 17:27‑28)

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Psa. 19:1‑4• ¹To the chief musician; a Psalm of David.{HR}The heavens [are] telling the glory of God,{HR}And the expanse [is] showing the work of his hands.
²Day unto day uttereth speech,{HR}And night unto night showeth knowledge.
³[There is] no speech and [there are] no words;{HR}Their voice is not heard.
⁴In all the earth their line has gone forth,{HR}And their speech unto the end of the world;{HR}In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun; (Psa. 19:1‑4)

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Rom. 1:19‑20• ¹⁹Because what may be known of God is manifest among them, for God made [it] manifest to them.
²⁰For the invisible things of him from [the] world's creation are perceived, being understood by the works, both his eternal power and Godhead, that they might be inexcusable. (Rom. 1:19‑20)

in that.

Psa. 36:5‑7• ⁵O Jehovah, thy mercy [is] in the heavens,{HR}Thy truth [is] unto the clouds.
⁶Thy righteousness is like [the] mountains of God,{HR}Thy judgments [are] a great deep;{HR}Thou savest man and beast, O Jehovah.
⁷How precious [is] thy mercy, O God!{HR}And the sons of men shall trust in the shadow of thy wings. (Psa. 36:5‑7)

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Psa. 52:1• ¹To the chief musician; an instruction of David, when Doeg the Edomite went in, and told Saul and said to him, David went to the house of Ahimelech.{HR}Why boastest thou thyself in evil, mighty man?{HR}The mercy of God [is] all the day. (Psa. 52:1)

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Psa. 104:24‑28• ²⁴How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah!{HR}In wisdom hast thou wrought them all:{HR}The earth is full of thy riches.
²⁵Yonder [is] the sea, great and wide,{HR}Moving things there and without number,{HR}Living creatures small and great:
²⁶There ships go,{HR}This leviathan thou hast made to play therein;
²⁷All of them wait on thee{HR}To give [them] their food in its season.
²⁸Thou givest to them, they gather;{HR}Thou openest thy hand,{HR}They are satisfied with good. (Psa. 104:24‑28)

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Psa. 145:9,15‑16• ⁹Good (is) Jehovah to the universe (the all),{HR}And his tender mercies [are] over all his works.
¹⁵The eyes of all wait on thee;{HR}And thou givest them their food in its season.
¹⁶Thou openest thy hand{HR}And satisfiest the pleasure of every living thing. (Psa. 145:9,15‑16)

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Luke 6:35• ³⁵But love your enemies, and do good and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of [the] Highest; for he is good to the unthankful and wicked. (Luke 6:35)

and gave.

Lev. 26:4• ⁴then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit; (Lev. 26:4)

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Deut. 11:14• ¹⁴that I will give rain to your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain; and thou shalt gather in thy corn, and thy new wine, and thine oil; (Deut. 11:14)

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Deut. 28:12• ¹²Jehovah will open to thee his good treasure, the heavens, to give rain unto thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow. (Deut. 28:12)

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1 Kings 18:1• ¹And it came to pass after many days, that the word of Jehovah came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the face of the earth. (1 Kings 18:1)

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Job 5:10• ¹⁰Who giveth rain on the face of the earth,{HR}And sendeth water on the face of the fields, (Job 5:10)

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Job 37:6• ⁶For to the snow he saith, Fall to the earth,{HR}And to the small rain, and to the rains of his strength. (Job 37:6)

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Job 38:26‑28• ²⁶To cause it to rain on the land [where is] no man.{HR}The wilderness wherein [is] no man,
²⁷To satisfy the desolate and waste,{HR}And to make the place of the green herb to sprout?
²⁸Hath the rain a father?{HR}Or who begetteth the drops of dew? (Job 38:26‑28)

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Psa. 65:9‑13• ⁹Thou hast visited the earth and watered it greatly wilt thou enrich it:{HR}The river of God is full of water;{HR}Thou preparest their corn,{HR}For so thou preparest it (the earth).
¹⁰Its furrows thou dost water,{HR}Thou dost break down its ridges;{HR}With showers thou wilt soften it;{HR}Its springing thou wilt bless.
¹¹Thou crownest the year [with] thy goodness,{HR}And thy paths drop fatness.
¹²They drop [on] the pastures of the wilderness,{HR}And the hills are girded with joy.
¹³The sheep-walks are clothed with the sheep,{HR}And the valleys are covered with corn;{HR}They shout for joy, yea, they sing. (Psa. 65:9‑13)

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Psa. 68:9‑10• ⁹A rain of free gifts thou, O God, didst pour;{HR}Thine inheritance, and when weary, thou didst establish.
¹⁰Thy flock dwelt in it:{HR}Thou didst provide in thy goodness for the wretched, O God. (Psa. 68:9‑10)

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Psa. 147:7‑8• ⁷Respond to Jehovah with thanksgiving,{HR}Sing psalms unto our God with harp.
⁸He covereth the heaven with clouds,{HR}He provideth rain for the earth,{HR}He causeth mountains to bring forth grass, (Psa. 147:7‑8)

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Isa. 5:6• ⁶and I will lay it waste—it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. (Isa. 5:6)

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Jer. 5:24• ²⁴And they say not in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the early and the latter, in its season; who preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of harvest. (Jer. 5:24)

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Jer. 14:22• ²²Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art thou not he, Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things. (Jer. 14:22)

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Matt. 5:45• ⁴⁵that ye may be sons of your Father that is in [the] heavens; for he maketh his sun rise on evil and good, and sendeth rain on just and unjust. (Matt. 5:45)

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James 5:17‑18• ¹⁷Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed prayerfully that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months.
¹⁸And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth sprouted forth its fruit. (James 5:17‑18)

filling.

Deut. 8:12‑14• ¹²lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses,
¹³and thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied,
¹⁴then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; (Deut. 8:12‑14)

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Neh. 9:25• ²⁵And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, wells digged, vineyards and olive-gardens, and fruit trees in abundance. And they did eat and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. (Neh. 9:25)

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Isa. 22:13• ¹³and behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. (Isa. 22:13)

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1 Tim. 6:17• ¹⁷Those rich in the present age charge not to be highminded, nor to set their hope on uncertainty of riches, but on the God that affordeth us all things richly for enjoyment; (1 Tim. 6:17)

• The discourse in the synagogue was founded on the Jewish scriptures; here to these men of Lycaonia there is no allusion to the Old Testament whatever, but a plain reference to what all see and know—the heavens above them, and the seasons that God was pleased from of old to assign round about them, and that continual supply of the fruits of His natural bounty of which the most callous can scarce be insensible. Thus we see there was the ministration of suited truth, as far as it went, of what God is, and what is worthy of Him, opening the way for the glad tidings of His grace. (“Acts 14” by W. Kelly)

• It is God's active beneficence attested to the Lycaonians in rains and fruitful seasons, with their results in plenteous food and gladness. That the gods are envious at human gladness was the lie and curse of paganism. (“Acts 14:1-19” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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though indeed he did not leave himself without witness, doing good, and giving to you from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Translation Notes

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"Gave you . . . your," not "gave us. . . our," as in T. R.