Thematic Bible: Fountains and springs


Thematic Bible



“For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me,
The fountain of living waters,
To hew for themselves cisterns,
Broken cisterns
That can hold no water.
Verse ConceptsAbandonmentForsaking GodBeing ForsakenFalse ConfidenceCisternsdrought, spiritualFountainsTwoDoubtSpring Of WaterThirstTrust, Lack OfWellsFountains Of LifeBreaking ContainersMetaphorical SpringsTwo Intangible ThingsWells, Figurative Use

O Lord, the hope of Israel,
All who forsake You will be put to shame.
Those who turn away on earth will be written down,
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord.
Verse ConceptsAbandonmentForsaking GodHope, As ConfidenceShameSpring Of WaterWellsMetaphorical SpringsJudgements WrittenConsequences Of Forsaking GodLiving WaterWells, Figurative Useisraeldust


The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters;
The fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
Verse ConceptsFountainsProverbsThe Water Of LifeMetaphorical SpringsBenefits Of WisdomPowers Of SpeechBrooksThe Power Of Words


For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills; Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfBrooksland

He sends forth springs in the valleys;
They flow between the mountains;
Verse ConceptsWater IrrigationRivers And StreamsGod Providing Water

Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we will find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to kill some of the cattle.” Verse ConceptsGrassMulesFeeding AnimalsKept Alive By Men

For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills; Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfBrooksland

Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water? Verse ConceptsBitter WaterBad WaterSweetnessBitterness

"But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. "For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.



Then she said, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me also springs of water.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

She said to him, “Give me a blessing, since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me also springs of water.” So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

He sends forth springs in the valleys;
They flow between the mountains;
Verse ConceptsWater IrrigationRivers And StreamsGod Providing Water

You broke open springs and torrents;
You dried up ever-flowing streams.
Verse ConceptsdrynessRivers And StreamsGod Providing WaterGod Drying Things Up

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.
Verse ConceptsFountainsAlcoholdrinkingHillsMessianic AgeMilkProperty, HousesWineFountains Of LifePlenty Of WineMetaphorical SpringsBlessings From The MountainsFountains Used FigurativelyMillenial SacrificesBrooks

“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.
Verse ConceptsSpiritual RenewalBarren, LandPoolsRunning Water From GodRivers As Places Of PrayerRiversChristmas TreeChange And Growthlakes

Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we will find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to kill some of the cattle.” Verse ConceptsGrassMulesFeeding AnimalsKept Alive By Men

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.
Verse ConceptsFountainsAlcoholdrinkingHillsMessianic AgeMilkProperty, HousesWineFountains Of LifePlenty Of WineMetaphorical SpringsBlessings From The MountainsFountains Used FigurativelyMillenial SacrificesBrooks

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened. Verse ConceptsBefore The FloodGeologyThe DelugeCalendarsSudden DestructionMonth 2The Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenWindows Of HeavenThe Sea Stirred UpFloods

“Have you entered into the springs of the sea
Or walked in the recesses of the deep?
Verse ConceptsSeaDeep SeasThe OceanDespairThe Seaexploringventing

“A garden locked is my sister, my bride,
A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.
Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChurchShutting SecurelyLocks And BarsRomance

he decided with his officers and his warriors to cut off the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city, and they helped him. So many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream which flowed through the region, saying, "Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?"

So Israel dwells in security,
The fountain of Jacob secluded,
In a land of grain and new wine;
His heavens also drop down dew.
Verse ConceptsdrinkingGrainWine

with all the Arabah across the Jordan to the east, even as far as the sea of the Arabah, at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah. Verse ConceptsDead SeaBeyond Jordan

Nevertheless a spring or a cistern collecting water shall be clean, though the one who touches their carcass shall be unclean. Verse ConceptsTouching Unclean Things

He changes rivers into a wilderness And springs of water into a thirsty ground; A fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.


Like a trampled spring and a polluted well
Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Verse Conceptsdouble mindednessFountainsProverbsSpring Of Waterpressure




Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek, while the Israelites were camping by the spring which is in Jezreel.


Now the angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordRivers And StreamsRoadsWellsFinding PeopleTemporary Stay In The WildernessJesus Role In Salvationgabrielmistress


As a well keeps its waters fresh,
So she keeps fresh her wickedness.
Violence and destruction are heard in her;
Sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthFountainsWellsContinuing In SinFreshWells, Figurative Use


"He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'" But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
They lift up their voices among the branches.
Verse ConceptsBirds

They give drink to every beast of the field;
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
Verse ConceptsQuenchingAnimals, God's Care OfDrinking WaterWild Donkeys

Now the angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordRivers And StreamsRoadsWellsFinding PeopleTemporary Stay In The WildernessJesus Role In Salvationgabrielmistress


From the top of the mountain the border curved 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).

Then those who sing as well as those who play the flutes shall say,
“All my springs of joy are in you.”
Verse ConceptsFountainsMusicFountains Of LifeMetaphorical SpringsSingersFountains Used Figurativelyinstruments

Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water? Verse ConceptsBitter WaterBad WaterSweetnessBitterness

For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills; Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfBrooksland

“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.
Verse ConceptsSpiritual RenewalBarren, LandPoolsRunning Water From GodRivers As Places Of PrayerRiversChristmas TreeChange And Growthlakes