61 Bible Verses about Rivers

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Psalm 46:4

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

Revelation 22:1

Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

Revelation 16:4

Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of waters; and they became blood.

Genesis 2:10

Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers.

Isaiah 41:18

“I will open rivers on the bare heights
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water
And the dry land fountains of water.

Isaiah 43:19

“Behold, I will do something new,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 66:12

For thus says the Lord, “Behold, I extend peace to her like a river,
And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
And you will be nursed, you will be carried on the hip and fondled on the knees.

Isaiah 18:1

Alas, oh land of whirring wings
Which lies beyond the rivers of Cush,

Isaiah 19:5

The waters from the sea will dry up,
And the river will be parched and dry.

Jeremiah 17:8

“For he will be like a tree planted by the water,
That extends its roots by a stream
And will not fear when the heat comes;
But its leaves will be green,
And it will not be anxious in a year of drought
Nor cease to yield fruit.

Zephaniah 3:10

“From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia
My worshipers, My dispersed ones,
Will bring My offerings.

Amos 5:24

“But let justice roll down like waters
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Ezekiel 47:9

It will come about that every living creature which swarms in every place where the river goes, will live. And there will be very many fish, for these waters go there and the others become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes.

Psalm 98:8

Let the rivers clap their hands,
Let the mountains sing together for joy

Genesis 2:14

The name of the third river is Tigris; it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers flow into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers flow,
There they flow again.

Revelation 22:2

in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Genesis 15:18

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,
“To your descendants I have given this land,
From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:

Psalm 24:2

For He has founded it upon the seas
And established it upon the rivers.

Exodus 7:20

So Moses and Aaron did even as the Lord had commanded. And he lifted up the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood.

Exodus 2:3

But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.

Job 14:11

“As water evaporates from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,

Hebrews 5:10

being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

John 11:49

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,

Zechariah 3:1

Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

Hebrews 7:27

who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.

Hebrews 5:1

For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in things pertaining to God, in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;

Hebrews 9:7

but into the second, only the high priest enters once a year, not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.

Mark 14:61

But He kept silent and did not answer. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and saying to Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”

Hebrews 8:1

Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

John 11:51

Now he did not say this on his own initiative, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

John 18:19

The high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching.

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, “I adjure You by the living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.”

Mark 14:60

The high priest stood up and came forward and questioned Jesus, saying, “Do You not answer? What is it that these men are testifying against You?”

Matthew 26:57

Those who had seized Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

Hebrews 7:28

For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints a Son, made perfect forever.

Acts 23:2

The high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.

Hebrews 7:17

For it is attested of Him,
You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 7:12

For when the priesthood is changed, of necessity there takes place a change of law also.

Acts 19:14

Seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.

John 18:10

Simon Peter then, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave’s name was Malchus.

John 18:13

and led Him to Annas first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

Leviticus 21:10

‘The priest who is the highest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not uncover his head nor tear his clothes;

Hebrews 5:5

So also Christ did not glorify Himself so as to become a high priest, but He who said to Him,
You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You”;

Matthew 26:62

The high priest stood up and said to Him, “Do You not answer? What is it that these men are testifying against You?”

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Fishes » Inhabit » Rivers

Exodus 7:18

The fish that are in the Nile will die, and the Nile will become foul, and the Egyptians will find difficulty in drinking water from the Nile.”’”

Ezekiel 29:5

“I will abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers;
You will fall on the open field; you will not be brought together or gathered.
I have given you for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky.

Gates » Made to » Rivers

Nahum 2:6

The gates of the rivers are opened
And the palace is dissolved.

Rivers » Jordan » Spiritual

Psalm 36:8

They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house;
And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.

Psalm 46:4

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

Revelation 22:1

Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

Isaiah 48:18

“If only you had paid attention to My commandments!
Then your well-being would have been like a river,
And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Ezekiel 47:5

Again he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not ford, for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a river that could not be forded.

Rivers » Illustrative » (drying up of,) of God's judgments

Zechariah 10:11

“And they will pass through the sea of distress
And He will strike the waves in the sea,
So that all the depths of the Nile will dry up;
And the pride of Assyria will be brought down
And the scepter of Egypt will depart.

Nahum 1:4

He rebukes the sea and makes it dry;
He dries up all the rivers.
Bashan and Carmel wither;
The blossoms of Lebanon wither.

Jeremiah 51:36

Therefore thus says the Lord,
“Behold, I am going to plead your case
And exact full vengeance for you;
And I will dry up her sea
And make her fountain dry.

Isaiah 19:1-8

The oracle concerning Egypt Behold, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt; The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence, And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them. "So I will incite Egyptians against Egyptians; And they will each fight against his brother and each against his neighbor, City against city and kingdom against kingdom. "Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them; And I will confound their strategy, So that they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead And to mediums and spiritists. read more.
"Moreover, I will deliver the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel master, And a mighty king will rule over them," declares the Lord GOD of hosts. The waters from the sea will dry up, And the river will be parched and dry. The canals will emit a stench, The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up; The reeds and rushes will rot away. The bulrushes by the Nile, by the edge of the Nile And all the sown fields by the Nile Will become dry, be driven away, and be no more. And the fishermen will lament, And all those who cast a line into the Nile will mourn, And those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Chebar

Ezekiel 1:1

Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

Ezekiel 10:15

Then the cherubim rose up. They are the living beings that I saw by the river Chebar.

Ezekiel 10:20

These are the living beings that I saw beneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar; so I knew that they were cherubim.

Rivers » Illustrative » Of the gifts and graces of the holy spirit

Psalm 46:4

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

Isaiah 41:18

“I will open rivers on the bare heights
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water
And the dry land fountains of water.

Isaiah 43:19-20

"Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert. "The beasts of the field will glorify Me, The jackals and the ostriches, Because I have given waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My chosen people.

Rivers » Many, fordable in some places

Isaiah 16:2

Then, like fleeing birds or scattered nestlings,
The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.

Joshua 2:7

So the men pursued them on the road to the Jordan to the fords; and as soon as those who were pursuing them had gone out, they shut the gate.

Genesis 32:22

Now he arose that same night and took his two wives and his two maids and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

Rivers » Illustrative » (overflowing of,) of God's judgments

Isaiah 28:2

Behold, the Lord has a strong and mighty agent;
As a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction,
Like a storm of mighty overflowing waters,
He has cast it down to the earth with His hand.

Isaiah 8:7

“Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the strong and abundant waters of the Euphrates,
Even the king of Assyria and all his glory;
And it will rise up over all its channels and go over all its banks.

Isaiah 28:18

“Your covenant with death will be canceled,
And your pact with Sheol will not stand;
When the overwhelming scourge passes through,
Then you become its trampling place.

Rivers » Source of

Job 28:10

“He hews out channels through the rocks,
And his eye sees anything precious.

Psalm 104:8

The mountains rose; the valleys sank down
To the place which You established for them.

Psalm 104:10

He sends forth springs in the valleys;
They flow between the mountains;

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Gozan

1 Chronicles 5:26

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, even the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away into exile, namely the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara and to the river of Gozan, to this day.

2 Kings 17:6

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

Rivers » Banks of » Frequently overflowed

1 Chronicles 12:15

These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.

Joshua 3:15

and when those who carried the ark came into the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the ark were dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest),

Rivers » Gozan

1 Chronicles 5:26

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, even the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away into exile, namely the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara and to the river of Gozan, to this day.

2 Kings 17:6

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

Rivers » Run into the sea

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers flow into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers flow,
There they flow again.

Ezekiel 47:8

Then he said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and go down into the Arabah; then they go toward the sea, being made to flow into the sea, and the waters of the sea become fresh.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Jabbok

Joshua 12:2

Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, both the middle of the valley and half of Gilead, even as far as the brook Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon;

Deuteronomy 2:37

Only you did not go near to the land of the sons of Ammon, all along the river Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, and wherever the Lord our God had commanded us.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Arnon

Deuteronomy 2:36

From Aroer which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon and from the city which is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was no city that was too high for us; the Lord our God delivered all over to us.

Joshua 12:1

Now these are the kings of the land whom the sons of Israel defeated, and whose land they possessed beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise, from the valley of the Arnon as far as Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah to the east:

Rivers » Some of » Deep

Zechariah 10:11

“And they will pass through the sea of distress
And He will strike the waves in the sea,
So that all the depths of the Nile will dry up;
And the pride of Assyria will be brought down
And the scepter of Egypt will depart.

Ezekiel 47:5

Again he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not ford, for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a river that could not be forded.

Rivers » Some of » Great and mighty

Genesis 15:18

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,
To your descendants I have given this land,
From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:

Psalm 74:15

You broke open springs and torrents;
You dried up ever-flowing streams.

Rivers » Often the boundaries of kingdoms

1 Kings 4:24

For he had dominion over everything west of the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings west of the River; and he had peace on all sides around about him.

Joshua 22:25

For the Lord has made the Jordan a border between us and you, you sons of Reuben and sons of Gad; you have no portion in the Lord.” So your sons may make our sons stop fearing the Lord.’

Rivers » Some of » Parted into many streams

Genesis 2:10

Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers.

Rivers » Flow through valleys

Psalm 104:8

The mountains rose; the valleys sank down
To the place which You established for them.

Psalm 104:10

He sends forth springs in the valleys;
They flow between the mountains;

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Jordan

2 Kings 5:10

Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored to you and you will be clean.”

Joshua 3:8

You shall, moreover, command the priests who are carrying the ark of the covenant, saying, ‘When you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.’”

Rivers » Illustrative » (fruitfulness of trees planted by,) of the permanent prosperity of saints

Jeremiah 17:8

“For he will be like a tree planted by the water,
That extends its roots by a stream
And will not fear when the heat comes;
But its leaves will be green,
And it will not be anxious in a year of drought
Nor cease to yield fruit.

Rivers » Illustrative » Of heavy afflictions

Psalm 69:2

I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.

Rivers » Banks of » Peculiarly fruitful

Isaiah 32:20

How blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,
Who let out freely the ox and the donkey.

Rivers » Cities often built beside

Psalm 46:4

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

Rivers » Illustrative » Of the abundance of grace in Christ

Isaiah 32:2

Each will be like a refuge from the wind
And a shelter from the storm,
Like streams of water in a dry country,
Like the shade of a huge rock in a parched land.

Rivers » Banks of » Covered with flags

Exodus 2:3

But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.

Exodus 2:5

The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it to her.

Rivers » God's power over, unlimited

Nahum 1:4

He rebukes the sea and makes it dry;
He dries up all the rivers.
Bashan and Carmel wither;
The blossoms of Lebanon wither.

Isaiah 50:2

“Why was there no man when I came?
When I called, why was there none to answer?
Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke,
I make the rivers a wilderness;
Their fish stink for lack of water
And die of thirst.

Rivers » Banks of » Frequented by doves

Song of Songs 5:12

“His eyes are like doves
Beside streams of water,
Bathed in milk,
And reposed in their setting.

Rivers » Illustrative » Of abundance

Job 20:17

“He does not look at the streams,
The rivers flowing with honey and curds.

Job 29:6

When my steps were bathed in butter,
And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

Rivers » Of canaan abounded with fish

Leviticus 11:9-10

'These you may eat, whatever is in the water: all that have fins and scales, those in the water, in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat. 'But whatever is in the seas and in the rivers that does not have fins and scales among all the teeming life of the water, and among all the living creatures that are in the water, they are detestable things to you,

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of jotbath

Deuteronomy 10:7

From there they set out to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water.

Rivers » Arnon

Deuteronomy 2:36

From Aroer which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon and from the city which is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was no city that was too high for us; the Lord our God delivered all over to us.

Rivers » Banks of » Frequented by wild beasts

Jeremiah 49:19

Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan against a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make him run away from it, and whoever is chosen I shall appoint over it. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can stand against Me?”

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of egypt

Genesis 15:18

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,
To your descendants I have given this land,
From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:

Rivers » Useful for » Supplying drink to the people

Jeremiah 2:18

“But now what are you doing on the road to Egypt,
To drink the waters of the Nile?
Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria,
To drink the waters of the Euphrates?

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Euphrates

Genesis 2:14

The name of the third river is Tigris; it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Hiddekel

Genesis 2:14

The name of the third river is Tigris; it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Rivers » Jordan » Hiddekel (tigris)

Genesis 2:14

The name of the third river is Tigris; it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Rivers » Euphrates

Genesis 2:14

The name of the third river is Tigris; it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Pharpar

2 Kings 5:12

Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Abana

2 Kings 5:12

Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Pison

Genesis 2:11

The name of the first is Pishon; it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Gihon

Genesis 2:13

The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land of Cush.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of damascus

2 Kings 5:12

Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of eden

Genesis 2:10

Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers.

Rivers » Illustrative » (steady course of,) of peace of saints

Isaiah 66:12

For thus says the Lord, “Behold, I extend peace to her like a river,
And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
And you will be nursed, you will be carried on the hip and fondled on the knees.

Rivers » Illustrative » Of people flying from judgments

Isaiah 23:10

Overflow your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish,
There is no more restraint.

Rivers » Useful for » Promoting vegetation

Genesis 2:10

Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers.

Rivers » Banks of » Planted with trees

Ezekiel 47:7

Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river there were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

Rivers » Some of » Broad

Isaiah 33:21

But there the majestic One, the Lord, will be for us
A place of rivers and wide canals
On which no boat with oars will go,
And on which no mighty ship will pass—

Rivers » Jordan » Pharpar

2 Kings 5:12

Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.

Rivers » Jordan » Pison

Genesis 2:11

The name of the first is Pishon; it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Rivers » Gardens often made beside

Numbers 24:6

“Like valleys that stretch out,
Like gardens beside the river,
Like aloes planted by the Lord,
Like cedars beside the waters.

Rivers » Abana

2 Kings 5:12

Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of ethiopia

Isaiah 18:1

Alas, oh land of whirring wings
Which lies beyond the rivers of Cush,

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Kanah

Joshua 16:8

From Tappuah the border continued westward to the brook of Kanah, and it ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families,

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Ulai

Daniel 8:16

And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, and he called out and said, “Gabriel, give this man an understanding of the vision.”

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of babylon

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Kishon

Judges 5:21

“The torrent of Kishon swept them away,
The ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.
O my soul, march on with strength.

Rivers » Useful for » Commerce

Isaiah 23:3

And were on many waters.
The grain of the Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue;
And she was the market of nations.

Rivers » Banks of » Places of common resort

Rivers » Some of » Rapid

Judges 5:21

“The torrent of Kishon swept them away,
The ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.
O my soul, march on with strength.

Rivers » Jordan » Of egypt (nile)

Exodus 1:22

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born you are to cast into the Nile, and every daughter you are to keep alive.”

Rivers » Jordan » Kishon

Judges 5:21

“The torrent of Kishon swept them away,
The ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.
O my soul, march on with strength.

Rivers » Jordan » Kanah

Joshua 16:8

From Tappuah the border continued westward to the brook of Kanah, and it ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families,

Rivers » Jordan » Ulai

Daniel 8:16

And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, and he called out and said, “Gabriel, give this man an understanding of the vision.”

Rivers » Baptism often performed in

Matthew 3:6

and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.

Rivers » Enclosed within banks

Daniel 12:5

Then I, Daniel, looked and behold, two others were standing, one on this bank of the river and the other on that bank of the river.

Rivers » Chebar

Ezekiel 1:1

Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of philippi

Acts 16:13

And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were supposing that there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled.

Rivers » Useful for » Bathing

Exodus 2:5

The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it to her.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of ahava

Ezra 8:15

Now I assembled them at the river that runs to Ahava, where we camped for three days; and when I observed the people and the priests, I did not find any Levites there.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of judah

Joel 3:18

And in that day
The mountains will drip with sweet wine,
And the hills will flow with milk,
And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water;
And a spring will go out from the house of the Lord
To water the valley of Shittim.

Ships » Navigated » Rivers

Isaiah 33:21

But there the majestic One, the Lord, will be for us
A place of rivers and wide canals
On which no boat with oars will go,
And on which no mighty ship will pass—

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Psalm 36:8

They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house;
And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.

Psalm 46:4

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

Revelation 22:1

Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

Isaiah 48:18

“If only you had paid attention to My commandments!
Then your well-being would have been like a river,
And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Ezekiel 47:5

Again he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not ford, for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a river that could not be forded.

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Isaiah 8:7

“Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the strong and abundant waters of the Euphrates,
Even the king of Assyria and all his glory;
And it will rise up over all its channels and go over all its banks.

Jeremiah 2:18

“But now what are you doing on the road to Egypt,
To drink the waters of the Nile?
Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria,
To drink the waters of the Euphrates?

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Failing Rivers

Job 6:15-18

“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi,
Like the torrents of wadis which vanish,

Rivers And Streams

1 Kings 17:7

It happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

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