Proverbs 3:20 · KJV
“By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.”
— Proverbs 3:20
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. {established: or, prepared}
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Proverbs 3 — Context
She {is} a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy {is every one} that retaineth her.
19The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. {established: or, prepared}
20By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
21My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
22So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Cross References
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. {windows: or, floodgates}
Psalms 65:9-12
Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, {which} is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. {and...: or, after thou hadst made it to desire rain}
Job 38:26-28
To cause it to rain on the earth, {where} no man {is; on} the wilderness, wherein {there is} no man;
Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry {land} appear: and it was so.
Genesis 27:28
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Job 36:27-28
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
Job 38:8-11
Or {who} shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, {as if} it had issued out of the womb?
Genesis 27:37-39
And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? {sustained: or, supported}