Bible Verses About The Providence of God: Ruling the elements

The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.

By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.

He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.

They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.

Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.

Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.

In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.

John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”