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1 Kings 17:4

You are to drink from the wadi. I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there.”

Psalm 42:1

BOOK II
(Psalms 42–72)
For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As a deer longs for streams of water,
so I long for You, God.

Deuteronomy 8:7

For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with streams of water, springs, and deep water sources, flowing in both valleys and hills;

1 Kings 17:7

After a while, the wadi dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

1 Kings 17:6

The ravens kept bringing him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening, and he drank from the wadi.

1 Kings 17:3

“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself at the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.

Isaiah 30:25

Streams flowing with water will be on every high mountain and every raised hill on the day of great slaughter when the towers fall.

Joel 3:18

In that day
the mountains will drip with sweet wine,
and the hills will flow with milk.
All the streams of Judah will flow with water,
and a spring will issue from the Lord’s house,
watering the Valley of Acacias.

Isaiah 32:2

Each will be like a shelter from the wind,
a refuge from the rain,
like streams of water in a dry land
and the shade of a massive rock in an arid land.

Proverbs 5:16

Should your springs flow in the streets,
streams of water in the public squares?

Joel 1:20

Even the wild animals cry out to You,
for the river beds are dried up,
and fire has consumed
the pastures of the wilderness.

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Leviticus 23:40

On the first day you are to take the product of majestic trees—palm fronds, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook—and rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

Numbers 21:14

Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Lord’s Wars:

Waheb in Suphah
and the ravines of the Arnon,

Job 22:24

and consign your gold to the dust,
the gold of Ophir to the stones in the wadis,

1 Kings 17:5

So he did what the Lord commanded. Elijah left and lived by the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.

Leviticus 11:9

“This is what you may eat from all that is in the water: You may eat everything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or streams.

Isaiah 19:6

The channels will stink;
they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched.
Reed and rush will die.

Jeremiah 31:9

They will come weeping,
but I will bring them back with consolation.
I will lead them to wadis filled with water
by a smooth way where they will not stumble,
for I am Israel’s Father,
and Ephraim is My firstborn.

1 Chronicles 11:32

Hurai from the wadis of Gaash,
Abiel the Arbathite,

Psalm 110:7

He will drink from the brook by the road;
therefore, He will lift up His head.

Deuteronomy 10:7

They traveled from there to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water.

1 Kings 18:40

Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let even one of them escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon and slaughtered them there.

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Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Kidron

2 Samuel 15:23

Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly while all the people were marching past. As the king was crossing the Kidron Valley, all the people were marching past on the road that leads to the desert.

1 Kings 15:13

He also removed his grandmother Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. Asa chopped down her obscene image and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

John 18:1

After Jesus had said these things, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, and He and His disciples went into it.

Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Gaash

1 Chronicles 11:32

Hurai from the wadis of Gaash,
Abiel the Arbathite,

2 Samuel 23:30

Benaiah the Pirathonite,
Hiddai from the wadis of Gaash,

Brooks » Borders of, favorable to » Willows

Leviticus 23:40

On the first day you are to take the product of majestic trees—palm fronds, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook—and rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

Job 40:22

Lotus plants cover him with their shade;
the willows by the brook surround him.

Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Cherith

1 Kings 17:3

“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself at the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.

1 Kings 17:5

So he did what the Lord commanded. Elijah left and lived by the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.

Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Kishon

1 Kings 18:40

Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let even one of them escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon and slaughtered them there.

Psalm 83:9

Deal with them as You did with Midian,
as You did with Sisera
and Jabin at the Kishon River.

Brooks » Often ran over pebbles

1 Samuel 17:40

Instead, he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the wadi and put them in the pouch, in his shepherd’s bag. Then, with his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine.

Job 22:24

and consign your gold to the dust,
the gold of Ophir to the stones in the wadis,

Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Zered

Deuteronomy 2:13

“The Lord said, ‘Now get up and cross the Zered Valley.’ So we crossed the Zered Valley.

Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Eshcol

Numbers 13:23-24

When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which was carried on a pole by two men. [They] also [took] some pomegranates and figs. That place was called the Valley of Eshcol because of the cluster [of grapes] the Israelites cut there.

Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Arnon

Numbers 21:14-15

Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Lord's Wars: Waheb in Suphah and the ravines of the Arnon, even the slopes of the ravines that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.

Brooks » Canaan abounded with

Deuteronomy 8:7

For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with streams of water, springs, and deep water sources, flowing in both valleys and hills;

Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Besor

1 Samuel 30:9

David and the 600 men with him went as far as the Wadi Besor, where 200 men who were to remain behind would stop.

Brooks » Illustrative » Of wisdom

Brooks » Borders of, favorable to » Grass

1 Kings 18:5

Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring of water and to every wadi. Perhaps we’ll find grass so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to destroy any cattle.”

Brooks » Borders of, favorable to » Reeds

Isaiah 19:7

The reeds by the Nile, by the mouth of the river,
and all the cultivated areas of the Nile
will wither, blow away, and vanish.

Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Of the willows

Isaiah 15:7

So they carry their wealth and belongings
over the Wadi of the Willows.

Brooks » Illustrative » (drinking of, by the way,) of help in distress

Psalm 110:7

He will drink from the brook by the road;
therefore, He will lift up His head.

Brooks » Afforded protection to a country

Isaiah 19:6

The channels will stink;
they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched.
Reed and rush will die.

Brooks » Abounded with fish

Isaiah 19:8

Then the fishermen will mourn.
All those who cast hooks into the Nile will lament,
and those who spread nets on the water will shrivel up.

Brooks » Illustrative » Of temporal abundance

Job 20:17

He will not enjoy the streams,
the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

Brooks » Illustrative » (deceptive,) of false friends

Job 6:15

My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi,
as seasonal streams that overflow

Water » Collected in » Brooks

1 Kings 18:5

Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring of water and to every wadi. Perhaps we’ll find grass so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to destroy any cattle.”

2 Samuel 17:20

Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house and asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?”

“They passed by toward the water,” the woman replied to them. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.

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