'Spring' in the Bible
The man named his wife Eve (life spring, life giver), because she was the mother of all the living.
But the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, on the road to [Egypt by way of] Shur.
But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of flowing [spring] water,
“Joseph is a fruitful bough (a main branch of the vine),A fruitful bough by a spring (a well, a fountain);Its branches run over the wall [influencing others].
Nevertheless a spring or a cistern (reservoir) collecting water shall be clean; but whoever touches one of these carcasses shall be unclean.
Then Israel sang this song,“Spring up, O well! Sing to it,
Then the border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron; then the border curved to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
The southern side was from the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went on westward and went to the source of the waters of Nephtoah.
Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him got up early and camped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Midian was north of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley.
So God split open the hollow place that was at Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his spirit (strength) returned and he was revived. Therefore he named it En-hakkore (spring which is calling), which is at Lehi to this day.
Then the hand of the Lord was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He caused them to be dumbfounded and struck them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.
Then it happened in the spring, at the time when the kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all [the fighting men of] Israel, and they destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.
Then Elisha went to the spring of water and threw the salt in it and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘I [not the salt] have purified and healed these waters; there shall no longer be death or barrenness because of it.’”
Elisha died, and they buried him. Now marauding bands of Moabites would invade the land in the spring of the year.
Now at the turn of the year [in the spring], King Nebuchadnezzar sent word and had him brought to Babylon with the valuable articles of the house of the Lord, and made his brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
“For affliction does not come forth from the dust,Nor does trouble spring forth from the ground.
“Behold, this is the joy of His way;And from out of the dust others will spring up and grow [to take his place].
“They waited for me [and for my words] as for the rain,And they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.
To satisfy the barren and desolate groundAnd to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
Truth springs from the earth,And righteousness looks down from heaven.
That though the wicked sprout up like grassAnd all evildoers flourish,They will be destroyed forever.
Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power;In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn,Your young men are to You as the dew.
“There I will make the horn (strength) of David grow;I have prepared a lamp for My anointed [fulfilling the promises].
In the light of the king’s face is life,And his favor is like a cloud bringing the spring rain.
Like a muddied fountain and a polluted springIs a righteous man who yields and compromises his integrity before the wicked.
“A garden enclosed is my sister, my [promised] bride—A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.
Blessed (happy, fortunate) are you who cast your seed upon all waters [when the river overflows its banks and irrigates the land],You who allow the ox and the donkey to roam freely.
“Indeed, the former things have come to pass,Now I declare new things;Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
And they will spring up among the grassLike willows by the streams of water.’
“Rain down, O heavens, from above,Let the clouds pour down righteousness [all the blessings of God];Let the earth open up, let salvation bear fruit,And righteousness spring up with it;I, the Lord, have created it.
“Then your light will break out like the dawn,And your healing (restoration, new life) will quickly spring forth;Your righteousness will go before you [leading you to peace and prosperity],The glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
“And the Lord will continually guide you,And satisfy your soul in scorched and dry places,And give strength to your bones;And you will be like a watered garden,And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.
For as the earth brings forth its sprouts,And as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up,So the Lord God will [most certainly] cause righteousness and justice and praiseTo spring up before all the nations [through the power of His word].
“Therefore the showers have been withheld,And there has been no spring rain.Yet you have the forehead (appearance) of a prostitute;You refuse to be ashamed.
‘They do not say in their heart,“Let us now fear and worship the Lord our God [with profound awe and reverence],Who gives rain in its season,Both the autumn and the spring rain,Who keeps for usThe appointed weeks of the harvest.”
“In that day I will make a horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth among them, and they will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord [when I renew their strength].”
For though he flourishes among the reeds (his fellow tribes),An east wind (Assyria) will come,The breath of the Lord rising from the desert;And Ephraim’s spring will become dryAnd his fountain will be dried up.Assyria will plunder his treasury of every precious object.
Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait in it?Does a trap spring up from the ground when it has caught nothing at all? [Of course not! So it is that Israel has earned her impending judgment.]
Ask for rain from the Lord at the time of the spring rain.It is the Lord who makes the thunder clouds;And He will give them showers of rain, grass in the field to everyone.
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith [our ability to confidently trust in God and in His power].”
Jesus said to him, “Get up and go [on your way]. Your faith [your personal trust in Me and your confidence in God’s power] has restored you to health.”
Jesus said to him, “Regain your sight; your [personal trust and confident] faith [in Me] has made you well.”
But whoever drinks the water that I give him will never be thirsty again. But the water that I give him will become in him a spring of water [satisfying his thirst for God] welling up [continually flowing, bubbling within him] to eternal life.”
that, regarding your previous way of life, you put off your old self [completely discard your former nature], which is being corrupted through deceitful desires,
Can a fig tree, my brothers, produce olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh.
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