2 Samuel 23:4
It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth.
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Deuteronomy 32:2My teaching is dropping like rain, coming down like dew on the fields; like rain on the young grass and showers on the garden plants:
Psalms 72:6May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.
Psalms 110:3Your people give themselves gladly in the day of your power; like the dew of the morning on the holy mountains is the army of your young men.
Isaiah 4:2In that day will the young growth of the Lord be beautiful in glory, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride of those who are still living in Israel.
Isaiah 60:3And nations will come to your light, and kings to your bright dawn.
Hosea 6:3And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 23:2-8
David's Last Words. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2 The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the… Read the whole commentary →