48 Bible Verses about Water

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Matthew 10:42

And no one who will give the humblest of my disciples even a cup of cold water because he is my disciple, I tell you, can ever fail of his reward."

John 4:7

A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."

Luke 13:15

But the Master answered, "You hypocrites! Does not every one of you untie his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath and lead him away to water him?

Luke 7:44

And turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came to your house; you did not give me any water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with tears and wiped them with her hair.

John 13:1-17

Before the Passover Festival began, Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father, but he had loved those who were his own in the world, and he loved them to the last. So at supper??he devil having by this time put the thought of betraying Jesus into the mind of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son??3 Jesus, fully aware that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, rose from the table, took off his outer clothing, and fastened a towel about his waist.read more.
Then he poured water into the basin and began to wash the disciples' feet, wiping them with the towel that was about his waist. So he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "Master, are you going to wash my feet?" Jesus answered, "You cannot understand now what I am doing, but you will learn by and by." Peter said to him, "I will never let you wash my feet!" Jesus answered, "You will have no share with me unless I wash you." Simon Peter said to him, "Master, wash not only my feet but my hands and my face too!" Jesus said to him, "Anyone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed to be altogether clean. And you are already clean??hough not all of you." For he knew who was going to betray him; that was why he said, "You are not all of you clean." When he had washed their feet and put on his clothes and taken his place, he said to them again, "Do you understand what I have been doing to you? You call me Teacher and Master, and you are right, for that is what I am. If I then, your Master and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet too. For I have set you an example, in order that you may do what I have done to you. I tell you, no slave is superior to his master, and no messenger is greater than the man who sends him. Now that you have this knowledge, you will be blessed if you act upon it.

John 2:6

Now there were six stone water jars there, for the ceremonial purification practiced by the Jews, each large enough to hold twenty or thirty gallons.

John 4:6

and Jacob's spring was there. So Jesus, tired with his journey, sat down just as he was by the spring. It was about noon.

James 3:11-12

Does a spring pour forth fresh and brackish water from the same crevice? Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers, or a grape vine figs? A salt spring cannot give fresh water.

Revelation 8:10-11

Then the third angel blew his trumpet, and there fell from the sky a great star blazing like a torch, and it fell upon one third of the streams and the springs of water. The star is called Apsinthus, that is, Wormwood. Then one third of the waters turned to wormwood, and numbers of people died of the waters, for they had turned bitter.

Revelation 16:4

The third emptied his bowl upon the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood.

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Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Water

Bottles » Used for holding » Water

the Diet of the jews » Articles used for » Water

Matthew 10:42

And no one who will give the humblest of my disciples even a cup of cold water because he is my disciple, I tell you, can ever fail of his reward."

Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Water » Cleansing

Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Water » Fertilizing

Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Water » Freely given

Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Water » Refreshing

Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Water

John 7:38-39

If anyone believes in me, streams of living water, as the Scripture says, shall flow forth from his heart." He meant by this the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive??or the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Water » Abundant

John 7:37-38

Now on the last day, the great day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. If anyone believes in me, streams of living water, as the Scripture says, shall flow forth from his heart."

Israel » Complaints » Water » Bitter

Israel » Complaints » Lack of » Water » Rephidim

Israel » Miracle » Meribah » Water » Rock

Israel » Water » Sweetened

Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Water

John 7:38-39

If anyone believes in me, streams of living water, as the Scripture says, shall flow forth from his heart." He meant by this the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive??or the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Water » -of feet -of hands » For drinking

John 2:7

Jesus said to them, "Fill these jars with water."

Water » Select reading psalm 51 ps 51 » Ceremonial

Hebrews 9:10

since they have to do only with food and drink and various washings??aterial regulations in force only until the time for the new order.

Water » Select reading psalm 51 ps 51 » Washing ceremonial

More verses: Numbers 31:24

Water » Living eze 47; re 22 » General references to

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

John 7:38-39

If anyone believes in me, streams of living water, as the Scripture says, shall flow forth from his heart." He meant by this the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive??or the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Water » Was used by jews » As their principal beverage

Water » Illustrative » (deep,) of severe affliction

Water » Figurative » Water of salvation

More verses: Isaiah 12:3

Water » The want of, considered a great calamity

Water » Carried in vessels

Mark 14:13

So he sent away two of his disciples, saying to them, "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,

Water » Was used by jews » For legal purification

Hebrews 9:19

For when Moses had told all the regulations of the Law to all the people, he took calves' and goats' blood, along with water, crimson wool, and a bunch of hyssop, and sprinkled the roll of the Law and all the people,

Hebrews 9:10

since they have to do only with food and drink and various washings??aterial regulations in force only until the time for the new order.

Water » Symbolical

Revelation 8:11

The star is called Apsinthus, that is, Wormwood. Then one third of the waters turned to wormwood, and numbers of people died of the waters, for they had turned bitter.

Revelation 12:15

Then the serpent poured water from his mouth after the woman like a river, to sweep her away.

Revelation 16:4

The third emptied his bowl upon the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood.

Revelation 17:1

Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and spoke to me. "Come," he said, "I will show you the doom of the great idolatress who is seated on many waters,

More verses: Revelation 17:15

Water » Figurative » Water of affliction

Water » Illustrative » (many,) of different nations and people

Revelation 17:1

Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and spoke to me. "Come," he said, "I will show you the doom of the great idolatress who is seated on many waters,

Revelation 17:15

"The waters that you saw," he said to me, "on which the idolatrous woman was seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.

Water » Figurative » water of Life

John 7:37-39

Now on the last day, the great day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. If anyone believes in me, streams of living water, as the Scripture says, shall flow forth from his heart." He meant by this the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive??or the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Water » Drops from the clouds in rain

Water » Miracles connected with » Healing powers communicated to

John 9:7

and said to him, "Go and wash them in the Pool of Siloam"?? name which means One who has been sent. So he went and washed them, and went home able to see.

Water » Collected in » Fountains

Water » Described as » Cleansing

Water » Rises in vapor to the clouds

Water » Collected in » Brooks

Water » Collected in » Pools

Water » The world and its inhabitants once destroyed by

Water » Necessary to the comfort and happiness of man

Water » Was used by jews » For washing the person

Water » The world not to be again destroyed by

Water » Miracles connected with » Brought from the rock

Water » Illustrative » (covering the sea,) of the general diffusion of the knowledge of God

Water » Described as » Fluid

Water » Frequently brackish and unfit for use

Water » Congealed by cold

Water » Collected in » Rivers

Water » Collected in » Ponds

Water » The jordan river

Water » Miracles connected with » Turned into blood

Water » Illustrative » (its weakness,) of faintness and cowardice

Water » Illustrative » Of hostile armies

Water » Collected in » Streams

Water » Described as » Refreshing

Water » Living eze 47; re 22 » Issuing from God's house

Water » Collected in » The clouds

Water » Illustrative » (rapidly flowing away,) of the career of the wicked

Water » Miraculously supplied » To the israelites

Water » Living eze 47; re 22 » Makes life fruitful

Revelation 22:1-2

Then he showed me a river of living water, clear as crystal, which issued from the throne of God and of the Lamb, and ran through the middle of the principal street of the city. On both sides of the river grew the tree of life. It bore twelve kinds of fruit, yielding a different kind each month, and its leaves were a cure for the heathen.

Water » Living eze 47; re 22 » Universal call to partake of

Water » Miracles connected with » Our lord, &c walking on

Matthew 14:26-29

And the disciples saw him walking on the sea, and they were terrified and said, "It is a ghost!" And they screamed with fear. But Jesus immediately spoke to them and said, "Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid." Peter answered, "If it is you, Master, order me to come to you on the water." read more.
And he said, "Come!" And Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and went to Jesus.

Water » In times of scarcity, sold at an enormous price

Water » Living eze 47; re 22 » The supply inexhaustible

Water » Miracles connected with » Divided and made to stand on heap

Water » Miracles connected with » Trenches filled with

Water » God originally » Created fowls and fishes, &c from

Water » Illustrative » (noise of many,) of the word of Christ

Revelation 1:15

his feet were like bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the noise of mighty waters.

Water » Living eze 47; re 22 » Unaffected by time and season

Water » Illustrative » (difficulty of stopping,) of strife and contention

Water » Illustrative » (many,) of a variety of afflictions

Water » Illustrative » (spilled on the ground,) of death

Water » Collected in » the Sea

Water » For cleansing » Carrier

Water » Miracles connected with » Consumed by fire from heaven

Water » Miracles connected with » Iron made to swim in

Water » God originally » Created the firmament to divide

Water » Illustrative » (deep,) of the words of the wise of the wise

Water » Illustrative » (deep,) of counsel in the heart

Water » Illustrative » Of persecutors

Water » Described as » Reflecting images

Water » Collected in » Wells

Water » Artificial mode of conveying, into large cities

Water » Necessary to vegetation

Water » Living eze 47; re 22 » Satisfies the deepest needs

John 7:37-38

Now on the last day, the great day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. If anyone believes in me, streams of living water, as the Scripture says, shall flow forth from his heart."

Water » Miracles connected with » Brought from the jaw-bone of an ass

Water » Illustrative » (pouring, out of buckets,) of a numerous progeny

Water » Illustrative » (its instability,) of a wavering disposition

Water » Described as » Unstable

Water » Collected in » Springs

Water » Described as » Penetrating

Water » Miraculously supplied » To jehoshaphat's army

Water » Was used by jews » For culinary purposes

Water » God originally » Collected into one place

Water » Illustrative » (poured out,) of faintness by terror

Water » Illustrative » Of persecutions

Water » Purified by elisha

Water » Red sea divided

Water » One of the elements of the world

Water » Miracles connected with » Turned into wine

John 2:7-9

Jesus said to them, "Fill these jars with water." So they filled them full. And he said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast." And they did so. When the master of the feast tasted the water which had now turned into wine, without knowing where it had come from??hough the servants who had drawn the water knew??10 he called the bridegroom and said to him, "Everyone else serves his good wine first, and his poorer wine after people have drunk deeply, but you have kept back your good wine till now!"

Water » Illustrative » (still,) of the ordinances of the gospel

Water » Illustrative » (poured out,) of the wrath of God

Water » Illustrative » Of the support of God

Water » Vision of, by ezekiel

Water » Changed to wine

John 2:1-11

Two days later there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and Jesus' mother was present. Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. The wine gave out, and Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine!" read more.
Jesus said to her, "Do not try to direct me. It is not yet time for me to act." His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you." Now there were six stone water jars there, for the ceremonial purification practiced by the Jews, each large enough to hold twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, "Fill these jars with water." So they filled them full. And he said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast." And they did so. When the master of the feast tasted the water which had now turned into wine, without knowing where it had come from??hough the servants who had drawn the water knew??10 he called the bridegroom and said to him, "Everyone else serves his good wine first, and his poorer wine after people have drunk deeply, but you have kept back your good wine till now!" This, the first of the signs of his mission, Jesus showed at Cana in Galilee. By it he showed his greatness, and his disciples believed in him.

Water » Of separation

Water » Creation of

Water » Living eze 47; re 22 » Christ the source of

Water » Described as » Wearing the hardest substances

Water » City waterworks

Water » Turned into blood

Revelation 16:3-5

The second emptied his bowl upon the sea, and it turned into blood like a dead man's, and every live thing in the sea died. The third emptied his bowl upon the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood. Then I heard the angel of the waters say, "You are just in pronouncing this sentence, you who are and were, the Holy One;

Water » Miraculously supplied » To samson

Water » Daily allowance of

Water » Jesus walks upon

Matthew 14:25

Toward morning he went out to them, walking on the sea.

Water » Kept for purification in large waterpots

John 2:6

Now there were six stone water jars there, for the ceremonial purification practiced by the Jews, each large enough to hold twenty or thirty gallons.

Water » Some plants particularly require

Water » Figurative » Domestic love

Water » Libation of

Water » Covered the whole earth

Topics on Water

Bad Water

James 3:11

Does a spring pour forth fresh and brackish water from the same crevice?

Bitter Water

James 3:11

Does a spring pour forth fresh and brackish water from the same crevice?

Drawing Water

John 4:7

A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."

Like Water

Revelation 1:15

his feet were like bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the noise of mighty waters.

Man Providing Water

John 4:7

A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."

Pouring Water

Revelation 12:15

Then the serpent poured water from his mouth after the woman like a river, to sweep her away.

Spring Of Water

John 4:13-14

Jesus answered, "Anyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,

The Holy Spirit Described As Water

John 7:37-39

Now on the last day, the great day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.

The Water Of Life

John 7:38-39

If anyone believes in me, streams of living water, as the Scripture says, shall flow forth from his heart."

Walking On Water

Matthew 14:25-26

Toward morning he went out to them, walking on the sea.

Water Containers

Mark 14:13

So he sent away two of his disciples, saying to them, "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,

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