Thematic Bible: Fountains and springs
Thematic Bible
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of God
They have abandoned Me,
the fountain of living water,
and dug cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.
all who abandon You
will be put to shame.
All who turn away from Me
will be written in the dirt,
for they have abandoned
the Lord, the fountain of living water.
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of spiritual wisdom
but the discipline of fools is folly.
Fountains and springs » Found in hills and valleys
For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with streams of water, springs, and deep water sources, flowing in both valleys and hills;
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they flow between the mountains.
Fountains and springs » Abound in canaan
Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring of water and to every wadi. Perhaps we’ll find grass so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to destroy any cattle.”
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For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with streams of water, springs, and deep water sources, flowing in both valleys and hills;
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (corrupt,) of the natural heart
Does a spring pour out sweet and bitter water from the same opening?
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But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man. For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of eternal life
And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give water as a gift to the thirsty from the spring of life.
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Fountains and springs » Mentioned in scripture » Upper and nether springs
She replied, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me the springs of water also.” So he gave her the upper and lower springs.
She answered him, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water also.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
Fountains and springs » Created by God
they flow between the mountains.
You dried up ever-flowing rivers.
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of the means of grace
the mountains will drip with sweet wine,
and the hills will flow with milk.
All the streams of Judah will flow with water,
and a spring will issue from the Lord’s house,
watering the Valley of Acacias.
and springs in the middle of the plains.
I will turn the desert into a pool of water
and dry land into springs of water.
Fountains and springs » Afford » Fruitfulness to the earth
Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring of water and to every wadi. Perhaps we’ll find grass so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to destroy any cattle.”
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the mountains will drip with sweet wine,
and the hills will flow with milk.
All the streams of Judah will flow with water,
and a spring will issue from the Lord’s house,
watering the Valley of Acacias.
Fountains and springs » Come from the great deep
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the sources of the watery depths burst open, the floodgates of the sky were opened,
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or walked in the depths of the oceans?
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (sealed up,) of the church
a locked garden
Fountains and springs » Sometimes stopped or turned off to distress enemies
so he consulted with his officials and his warriors about stopping up the waters of the springs that were outside the city, and they helped him. Many people gathered and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land; they said, "Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?"
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of a numerous posterity
Jacob lives untroubled
in a land of grain and new wine;
even his skies drip with dew.
Fountains and springs » Mentioned in scripture » Of pisgah
and all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Dead Sea below the slopes of Pisgah.
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Fountains and springs » Constantly flowing » Could not be ceremonially defiled
A spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but someone who touches a carcass in it will become unclean.
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Fountains and springs » Drying up of, a severe punishment
He turns rivers into desert, springs of water into thirsty ground, and fruitful land into salty wasteland, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.
Fountains and springs » God to be praised for
He spoke with a loud voice: “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (troubled,) of saints led astray
is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of the law of the wise
turning people away from the snares of death.
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of Godly fear
turning people away from the snares of death.
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of Christ
“On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.
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Fountains and springs » Mentioned in scripture » Of jezreel
The Philistines brought all their military units together at Aphek while Israel was camped by the spring in Jezreel.
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of a good wife
and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.
Fountains and springs » Mentioned in scripture » In the way to shur
The Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.
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Fountains and springs » Constantly flowing » Especially esteemed
satisfy you in a parched land,
and strengthen your bones.
You will be like a watered garden
and like a spring whose waters never run dry.
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (always flowing,) of unceasing wickedness of the jews
so she pours out her evil.
Violence and destruction
Sickness and wounds keep coming to My attention.
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (not failing,) of the church
satisfy you in a parched land,
and strengthen your bones.
You will be like a watered garden
and like a spring whose waters never run dry.
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of the holy ghost
The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him." He said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been received, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
Fountains and springs » Afford » Refreshment to the birds
they sing among the foliage.
Fountains and springs » Afford » Drink to the beasts
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
Fountains and springs » Frequented by travellers
The Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.
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Fountains and springs » Sometimes dried up
satisfy you in a parched land,
and strengthen your bones.
You will be like a watered garden
and like a spring whose waters never run dry.
Fountains and springs » Mentioned in scripture » Of the waters of nephtoah
From the top of the hill the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, went to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then curved to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of constant supplies of grace
“My whole source of joy is
Fountains and springs » Send forth each but one kind of water
Does a spring pour out sweet and bitter water from the same opening?
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Valleys » Abounded with » Fountains and springs
For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with streams of water, springs, and deep water sources, flowing in both valleys and hills;
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and springs in the middle of the plains.
I will turn the desert into a pool of water
and dry land into springs of water.