Summer

How Nave’s arranged it

• Season of, promised while the earth remainsGenesis 8:22
• Cool rooms forJudges 3:20Judges 3:24Amos 3:15
• Fruits of2 Samuel 16:12 Samuel 16:2Isaiah 16:9Isaiah 28:4Jeremiah 40:10Jeremiah 40:12Jeremiah 48:32Amos 8:1Amos 8:2Micah 7:1
• Drought ofPsalms 32:4
• Given by GodPsalms 74:17
• The time for labor and harvestProverbs 6:6–8Proverbs 10:5Proverbs 30:25Jeremiah 8:20
• Snow inProverbs 26:1
• Threshing inDaniel 2:35
• Approach ofMatthew 24:32Mark 13:28Luke 21:30

The passages, in Bible order (25)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 8:22

   As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

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   “And because there was neither planting nor harvest during that year and the seasonal cycles had been disturbed, God restored to the earth that which had been taken away in his anger. God then said, "All the days of the earth, planting and harvest, cold …

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2. Judges 3:20

   Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.

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   “He was sitting in a summer parlor - Besides the platforms, says Dr. Shaw, which were upon the ancient houses of the East, and which are found there to this day, it is probable that heretofore, as well as at present, most of the great houses had a smaller one annexed, which seldom consisted of more than one or two rooms and a terrace. Others, built as they frequently are above the porch or gateway, have, if we except the ground-floor, all the conveniences belonging to the house, properly so called.

   “And Ehud came unto him,....

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3. Judges 3:24

   After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.

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   “When he was gone out, his servants came,....

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4. 2 Samuel 16:1

   When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.

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   “It ought not to excite astonishment that Constantine was so far deceived as to send so many great men into exile: for he believed the assertions of bishops of high fame and reputation, who skillfully concealed their malice. Those who are acquainted with the Sacred …

   “And when David was a little past the top of the hill,....

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5. 2 Samuel 16:2

   “Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”

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   “It ought not to excite astonishment that Constantine was so far deceived as to send so many great men into exile: for he believed the assertions of bishops of high fame and reputation, who skillfully concealed their malice. Those who are acquainted with the Sacred …

   “And the king said unto Ziba, what meanest thou by these?....

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6. Psalms 32:4

   For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah

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   “For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me,.... Meaning the afflicting hand of God, which is not joyous, but grievous, and heavy to be borne; especially without his gracious presence, and the discoveries of his love: this continued night and day, without any intermission; and may design some violent distemper; perhaps a fever; since it follows, my moisture is turned into the drought of summer.

   “The hand that applies the lashes is oppressive to the sinner, and the hand that avenges is heavy. "Day and night" indicate continuous time so that the hand which did not draw back from punishment was rightly felt to be heavy. He would not have …

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7. Psalms 74:17

   You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.

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   “Thou hast set all the borders of the earth,....

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8. Proverbs 6:6–8

   Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.

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   Why should we dwell upon the amount of evil there is in idleness, when the apostle clearly prescribes that he who does not work should not eat. As daily sustenance is necessary for everyone, so labor in proportion to one's strength is also essential.… The Lord couples sloth with wickedness, saying, "Wicked and slothful servant." Wise Solomon, also, praises the laborer not only in the words already quoted, but also, in rebuking the sluggard, associating him by contrast with the tiniest of insects: "Go to the ant, O sluggard."

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9. Proverbs 10:5

   He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

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   “He who gathers in summer is a wise son, etc. He who gathers to Christ the souls of the faithful is a wise son. And indeed, this harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few (Luke 10). But he who in this acceptable time is …

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10. Proverbs 26:1

    Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.

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    “Just as snow in summer, etc. This verse warns that the teaching honor should not be conferred on the unlearned. Snow in summer and rain in harvest represent the persecutions of the unbelievers at the time of the preaching of the gospel, which, when they …

    “As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,....

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11. Proverbs 30:25

    The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;

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    "The ants have no strength, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." And in like manner, the Gentiles by faith in Christ prepare for themselves eternal life through good works.

    “I do not quote these words, however, as taking them in their literal signification, but, agreeably to the title of the book (for it is entitled "Proverbs"), I investigate them as containing a secret meaning.

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12. Isaiah 16:9

    So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.

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    “(Verse 9) Over this I will weep, in lamentation for Jazer, the vineyard of Sabama: my tears will make you drunk, O Esebon and Eleale. The voice of the weeping Prophet, and the greatness of the desolation, testifying with the greatness of tears, weeping for the vineyard of Jazer, and Sabama, and Esebon, and Eleale, once powerful cities, which the Assyrian believed to be cut down. Since the voice of those treading on your vintage and your harvest has come rushing upon you.

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13. Isaiah 28:4

    The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.

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    “And the glorious beauty which is on the head of the fat valley,.... Meaning the riches and fruitfulness of the ten tribes, and especially of Samaria the head of them: shall be a fading flower; as before declared, Isa 28:1 and here repeated to show the certainty of it, and to awaken their attention to it: and as the hasty fruit before the summer; the first ripe fruit, that which is ripe before the summer fruits in common are.

    “And the emptying of glory, and the flower shall be as a hasty fruit, that is, ripe or early fruit, above: for before the harvest it was all flourishing (Isa 18:5); all your strong holds shall be like fig trees with their green figs (Nah …

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14. Jeremiah 8:20

    “The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved.”

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    “(Verse 20.) The harvest has passed, the summer is ended: and we are not saved. Once again the people speak, who were besieged in Jerusalem for a long time, because the times have changed, and the cycle of years has come to an end, and all their hope has been in vain, and has passed away.

    “The harvest is past,....

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15. Jeremiah 40:10

    As for me, I will stay in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine grapes, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have taken.”

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    “As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans that come unto us,....

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16. Jeremiah 40:12

    they all returned from all the places to which they had been banished and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. And they gathered an abundance of wine grapes and summer fruit.

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    “Even all the Jews returned from all places whither they were driven,....

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