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DO WE FIND ANY SNOW REFERENCES
IN THE BIBLE?
Gee, we’re glad you asked! Yes, as a matter of fact, we
find 23 snow references in the Bible: some to literal snow and
some to metaphorical snow. So, in honor of the Snows of February
2010, we hereby provide all of you who are snowed in with a list
of these verses for your own personal Snowy Day Bible Study.
Get yourself a Bible and a cup of hot chocolate and check out
the following verses. There will be a pop quiz!
Exodus 4:6: Then the LORD said, "Put your hand inside
your cloak." So Moses put his hand into his cloak, and when
he took it out, it was leprous, like snow.
Numbers 12:10: When the cloud lifted from above the Tent,
there stood Miriam-leprous, like snow. Aaron turned toward her
and saw that she had leprosy;
2 Samuel 23:20: Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant
fighter from Kabzeel, who performed great exploits. He struck
down two of Moab's best men. He also went down into a pit on
a snowy day and killed a lion.
2 Kings 5:27: Naaman's leprosy will cling to you and
to your descendants forever." Then Gehazi went from Elisha's
presence and he was leprous, as white as snow.
1 Chronicles 11:22: Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant
fighter from Kabzeel, who performed great exploits. He struck
down two of Moab's best men. He also went down into a pit on
a snowy day and killed a lion. (Note: this is a repeat of 2
Sam 23,20)
Job 6:16: when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with
melting snow,
Job 24:19: As heat and drought snatch away the melted
snow, so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.
Job 37:6: He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,' and
to the rain shower, 'Be a mighty downpour.'
Job 38:22: "Have you entered the storehouses of
the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail,
Psalm 51:7: Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Psalm 68:14: When the Almighty scattered the kings in
the land, it was like snow fallen on Zalmon.
Psalm 147:16: He spreads the snow like wool and scatters
the frost like ashes.
Psalm 148:8: lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy
winds that do his bidding,
Proverbs 25:13: Like the coolness of snow at harvest
time is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes
the spirit of his masters.
Proverbs 26:1: Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,
honor is not fitting for a fool.
Proverbs 31:21: When it snows, she has no fear for her
household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet.
Isaiah 1:18: "Come now, let us reason together,"
says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they
shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they
shall be like wool.
Isaiah 55:10: As the rain and the snow come down from
heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and
making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower
and bread for the eater,
Jeremiah 18:14: Does the snow of Lebanon ever vanish
from its rocky slopes? Do its cool waters from distant sources
ever cease to flow?
Lamentations 4:7: Their princes were brighter than snow
and whiter than milk, their bodies more ruddy than rubies, their
appearance like sapphires.
Daniel 7:9: As I looked, thrones were set in place, and
the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as white
as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne
was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.
Matthew 28:3: His appearance was like lightning, and
his clothes were white as snow.
Revelation 1:14: His head and hair were white like wool,
as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.
THUS ENDETH THE
SNOWY LESSON FOR TODAY! THANKS BE TO GOD! |
Saturday, 27 February