61 Bible Verses about Rivers

The fish in the Nile will die. The river will stink. The Egyptians will not be able to drink any water from the Nile.'

I will abandon you to the wilderness 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.

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

They drink their fill of the abundance of your house. You give them the river of your delights to drink.

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

He showed me a pure river of water of life. It was clear as crystal and flowed out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

If only you had listened to my commandments! Your peace would be like a river that never runs dry. Your righteousness would be like waves on the sea.

He measured another fifteen hundred feet. But the water had risen so much that it became a river that I could not cross. The river was too deep to cross except by swimming.

He will pass through the sea of affliction and will strike the waves in the sea. The depths of the Nile will dry up; and the pride of Assyria will be removed and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry. He dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel become dry and the flower of Lebanon withers.

Therefore Jehovah says: I am going to plead your case and exact full vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry.

Jehovah rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him. The hearts of the Egyptians melt (their courage fails) within them. I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian. Brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom. The Egyptians will become discouraged. I will bring their plans to nothing. They will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, the mediums and the spiritists. read more.
I will hand the Egyptians over to the power of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them. This is the declaration of Jehovah of Hosts, the Almighty. The waters of the Nile River will dry up. The riverbed will be parched and dry. The canals will stink. The streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. The reeds and rushes will wither. The plants (rushes) along the Nile, at the mouth of the river will wither. Every sown field along the Nile will become parched and blow away to be no more. The fishermen will groan and lament. All who cast hooks into the Nile and throw nets on the water will be weak and sick.

I was living among the exiles by the Chebar River. On the fifth day of the fourth month in the thirtieth year the [figurative] heaven opened and I saw visions from God.

The angels rose. These were the living creatures that I saw at the Chebar River.

These are the living creatures that I saw under the God of Israel at the Chebar River. I realized that they were angels (cherubs).

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

I will make rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs.

I am going to do something new. It is already happening. Do you recognize it? I will clear a way in the desert. I will make rivers on dry land. Wild animals, jackals, and ostriches will honor me. I will provide water in the desert. I will make rivers on the dry land for my chosen people to drink.

Like fluttering birds pushed from the nest, so are the women of Moab at the fords of the Arnon River.

The men pursued them by the road to Jordan to the fords. As soon the pursuers went out they shut the gate.

That same night Jacob got up, took his two wives, his two concubines, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok River.

Behold, Jehovah has a strong and mighty one (Assyria). He will cast down to the earth with military power. It will be like a destructive thunderstorm with hail and a mighty flood of water.

That is why Jehovah is going to bring against them the raging and powerful floodwaters of the Euphrates River, that is, the king of Assyria with all his power. It will overflow all its channels and go over all its banks.

Your covenant with death will be annulled. Your agreement with the grave will not stand when the overflowing scourge passes through. Then you will be trampled down by it.

They cut out mineshafts in the rocks. Their eyes see every precious thing.

The mountains rose and the valleys sank down to the place you appointed for them.

You send watering springs to the valleys. They flow between the mountains.

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria. He led the Israelites away to Assyria. He stationed them in Halah and Habor on the Gozan River, and in the towns of the Medes.

They crossed the Jordan River during its seasonal flooding at the beginning of the year and drove out all the people living in the lowlands on both the east and west banks.

As they carried the ark into the Jordan and the feet of the priests dipped into the water, for Jordan is at food stage at the time of harvest.

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria. He led the Israelites away to Assyria. He stationed them in Halah and Habor on the Gozan River, and in the towns of the Medes.

All the rivers run into the sea yet the sea is not full. The rivers return to the place where they began.

He said: This water flows through the land to the east, down into the Jordan Valley, and into the Dead Sea. When the water flows into the Dead Sea, it will replace the salt water there with fresh water.

Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the Arnon River, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, to the Jabbok River, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

However, we did not go near the Ammonite towns, both in the mountains and near the Jabbok River, just as Jehovah commanded.

Jehovah helped us capture every town from the Arnon River Gorge north to the boundary of Gilead. This included the town of Aroer on the edge of the gorge and the town in the middle of the gorge.

These are the kings of the land that the children of Israel defeated and who's territory they captured. It was on the other side of Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the Arnon River to Mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east.

He will pass through the sea of affliction and will strike the waves in the sea. The depths of the Nile will dry up; and the pride of Assyria will be removed and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

He measured another fifteen hundred feet. But the water had risen so much that it became a river that I could not cross. The river was too deep to cross except by swimming.

On that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram. He said: To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

Solomon ruled over all the land west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah on the Euphrates as far west as the city of Gaza. All the kings west of the Euphrates were subject to him. He was at peace with all the neighboring countries.

He made the Jordan a boundary between the people of Reuben and Gad and us. You have nothing to do with Jehovah. Then your descendants might make our descendants stop worshiping Jehovah.

Righteousness will be the belt around his loins. Faithfulness will be the belt around His waist.

A river watering the garden flowed from Eden. From there it was separated into four headwaters.

The mountains rose and the valleys sank down to the place you appointed for them.

You send watering springs to the valleys. They flow between the mountains.

Elisha sent a servant to tell him to wash himself seven times in the Jordan River. He would then be completely cured of his disease.

You will command the priests that bear the Ark of the Covenant, saying: 'When you come to the shore of the Jordan River you will stand still in the Jordan.'

He is like a tree planted by streams of water. It yields its fruit in season and its leaves do not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

For he will be like a tree planted by the water. It extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes. Its leaves will be green. It will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

When you go through the sea, I am with you. When you go through rivers, they will not sweep you away. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not harm you.

Blessed are those who plant beside every stream and those who let cattle and donkeys roam freely.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water. It yields its fruit in season and its leaves do not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and cried as we remembered Zion.

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

Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a place to hide from storms. They will be like streams flowing in a desert, like the shadow of a giant rock in a barren land.

Out of the fullness of his undeserved kindness he gives us one blessing after another.

When she could not hide him any longer, she took a basket made of papyrus reeds and coated it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in it and set it among the papyrus reeds near the bank of the Nile River.

The king's daughter came to the river to bathe. Her servants walked along the bank. Suddenly she noticed the basket in the papyrus reeds and sent a slave woman to get it.

He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry. He dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel become dry and the flower of Lebanon withers.

Why was no one here when I came? Why was no one here to answer when I called? Am I too weak to reclaim you? Do I not have the power to rescue you? I dry up the sea with my command, and I turn rivers into deserts. Their fish stink because there is no water, and people die of thirst.

His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

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

My steps were washed with milk and the rock poured out streams of oil for me!

Here are the kinds of creatures that live in the water that you may eat. You may eat anything in the seas and streams that have fins and scales. On the other hand, you must consider all swarming creatures living in the seas or the streams that have no fins or scales disgusting.

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

Jehovah helped us capture every town from the Arnon River Gorge north to the boundary of Gilead. This included the town of Aroer on the edge of the gorge and the town in the middle of the gorge.

Like a lion coming out of the thick woods along the Jordan River up to the green pastureland, I will come and make the Edomites run away suddenly from their country. Then the leader I choose will rule the nation. Who can be compared to me? Who would dare challenge me? What ruler could oppose me?

On that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram. He said: To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

Why are you going to Egypt to drink water from the Nile (Shihor) River? You will not gain anything by going to Assyria to drink water from the Euphrates River.

The name of the third river is the Tigris. It runs along the east side of Asshur. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

The name of the third river is the Tigris. It runs along the east side of Asshur. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

The name of the third river is the Tigris. It runs along the east side of Asshur. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

The name of the third river is the Tigris. It runs along the east side of Asshur. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Are not the Abanah and Pharpar rivers in Damascus better than any river in Israel? I could have washed in them and been cured!

Are not the Abanah and Pharpar rivers in Damascus better than any river in Israel? I could have washed in them and been cured!

The name of the first river is the Pishon. It winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

The name of the second river is the Gihon. It winds through the entire land of Cush.

Are not the Abanah and Pharpar rivers in Damascus better than any river in Israel? I could have washed in them and been cured!

A river watering the garden flowed from Eden. From there it was separated into four headwaters.

This is what Jehovah says: I will offer you peace like a river and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream. You will nurse and be carried in Jerusalem's arms and cuddled on her knees.

Travel through your country like the Nile, people of Tarshish. You no longer have a harbor.

A river watering the garden flowed from Eden. From there it was separated into four headwaters.

The man then led me back along the bank of the river. As I went back, I saw many trees on both sides of the river.

Jehovah will be the Almighty One (Powerful One) (Excellent One). It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them.

Are not the Abanah and Pharpar rivers in Damascus better than any river in Israel? I could have washed in them and been cured!

The name of the first river is the Pishon. It winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

They are like valleys that stretch out, like gardens beside the river, like aloes planted by Jehovah, like cedars beside the waters.

Are not the Abanah and Pharpar rivers in Damascus better than any river in Israel? I could have washed in them and been cured!

Woe to the land of whirring wings which lies beyond the rivers of Ethiopia (Cush).

The border went out from Tappuah westward to the river Kanah; and from there to the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

I heard a man's voice from the banks of the Ulai River. He called to Gabriel: Make this man understand the vision of the time of the end.

By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and cried as we remembered Zion.

The River Kishon swept them away. That ancient flooding river swept them away. March on! March on and be strong.

On the great waters came the grain of the Shihor. The harvest of the Nile River was the revenue of Tyre, and she became the marketplace of the nations.

By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and cried as we remembered Zion.

The River Kishon swept them away. That ancient flooding river swept them away. March on! March on and be strong.

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: Every son who is born must be thrown into the Nile River. However, keep every daughter alive.

The River Kishon swept them away. That ancient flooding river swept them away. March on! March on and be strong.

The border went out from Tappuah westward to the river Kanah; and from there to the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

I heard a man's voice from the banks of the Ulai River. He called to Gabriel: Make this man understand the vision of the time of the end.

They confessed their sins and were baptized by John in the Jordan River.

Then I, Daniel, looked, and, behold, there stood two others, one on the bank of the river on this side, and the other on the bank of the river on that side.

I was living among the exiles by the Chebar River. On the fifth day of the fourth month in the thirtieth year the [figurative] heaven opened and I saw visions from God.

On the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the river where we thought there was a place of prayer. We sat down and spoke to the women who gathered there.

The king's daughter came to the river to bathe. Her servants walked along the bank. Suddenly she noticed the basket in the papyrus reeds and sent a slave woman to get it.

I made them come together by the river flowing to Ahava. We were there in tents for three days. And after viewing the people and the priests I saw that no sons of Levi were there.

It will happen in that day that the mountains will drop sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the brooks of Judah will flow with water. A fountain will come forth from the house of Jehovah and water the valley of Shittim.

Jehovah will be the Almighty One (Powerful One) (Excellent One). It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them.

They drink their fill of the abundance of your house. You give them the river of your delights to drink.

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

He showed me a pure river of water of life. It was clear as crystal and flowed out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

If only you had listened to my commandments! Your peace would be like a river that never runs dry. Your righteousness would be like waves on the sea.

He measured another fifteen hundred feet. But the water had risen so much that it became a river that I could not cross. The river was too deep to cross except by swimming.

That is why Jehovah is going to bring against them the raging and powerful floodwaters of the Euphrates River, that is, the king of Assyria with all his power. It will overflow all its channels and go over all its banks.

Why are you going to Egypt to drink water from the Nile (Shihor) River? You will not gain anything by going to Assyria to drink water from the Euphrates River.