25 Bible Verses about Brooks

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1 Kings 17:4

You will be able to drink from that brook, and I've commanded some crows to sustain you there."

Psalm 42:1

As an antelope pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, God.

Deuteronomy 8:7

because the LORD your God is bringing you to a good land a land with rivers and deep springs flowing to the valleys and hills.

1 Kings 17:7

But after a while, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

1 Kings 17:6

Crows would bring him bread and meat both in the morning and in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.

1 Kings 17:3

"Leave here and go into hiding at the Wadi Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River.

Isaiah 30:25

And on every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks and canals running with water on the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

Joel 3:18

It will come about at that time that the mountains will drip with newly pressed wine, the hills will flow with milk, and the streams of Judah will flow abundantly. A fountain will spring from the Temple of the LORD, to water the Valley of the Acacias.

Isaiah 32:2

Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a hiding place from storms, like streams of water in the desert, in the shadow of a great rock in an exhausted land.

Proverbs 5:16

Should your springs flow outside, or streams of water in the street?

Joel 1:20

The livestock also cries out to you, because their water sources have evaporated and because fire has consumed the open pastures.

Leviticus 23:40

"On the first day, take branches from impressive fruit trees, branches from palm trees, boughs from thick trees, and poplars from the brooks. Then you are to rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God for seven days.

Numbers 21:14

which is why the Book of the Wars of the LORD reads, "Waheb and Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,

Job 22:24

Bury your gold nuggets in the dust, and your source of gold among the stones in a streambed,

1 Kings 17:5

So Elijah left and did exactly what the LORD had told him to do he went to live near the Wadi Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River.

Leviticus 11:9

"You may eat anything that lives in the water that is, you may eat anything that has fins and scales either from the seas or from the rivers.

Isaiah 19:6

The canals will stink, and the tributaries of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. Reeds and rushes will wither away.

Jeremiah 31:9

They'll come crying, and I'll lead them as they pray for mercy. I'll make them walk by streams of water, along a straight path on which they won't stumble. For I am Israel's father, and Ephraim is my firstborn."

1 Chronicles 11:32

Hurai from the wadis of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

Psalm 110:7

He will drink from a stream on the way, then hold his head high.

Deuteronomy 10:7

From there they moved on to Gudgodah and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with flowing streams.

1 Kings 18:40

But Elijah said, "Arrest the prophets of Baal. Don't let even one of them get away." So the people seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon and executed them there.

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Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Kidron

2 Samuel 15:23

With all of the people in the territory crying loudly, everybody passed over the Kidron brook, along with the king. Then everyone headed out toward the road that leads to the wilderness.

1 Kings 15:13

He removed his mother Maacah from her position as Queen Mother because she had made a detestable image dedicated to Asherah. Asa cut down his mother's idol, crushed it, and burned it at the Kidron Brook.

John 18:1

After Jesus had said all of this, he went with his disciples across the Kidron valley to a place where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.

Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Gaash

1 Chronicles 11:32

Hurai from the wadis of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

2 Samuel 23:30

Benaiah from Pirathon, Hiddai from the Gaash creeks area,

Brooks » Borders of, favorable to » Willows

Leviticus 23:40

"On the first day, take branches from impressive fruit trees, branches from palm trees, boughs from thick trees, and poplars from the brooks. Then you are to rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God for seven days.

Job 40:22

The lotus trees cover him with their shade, and willows that line the wadis surround him.

Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Cherith

1 Kings 17:3

"Leave here and go into hiding at the Wadi Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River.

1 Kings 17:5

So Elijah left and did exactly what the LORD had told him to do he went to live near the Wadi Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River.

Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Kishon

1 Kings 18:40

But Elijah said, "Arrest the prophets of Baal. Don't let even one of them get away." So the people seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon and executed them there.

Psalm 83:9

Deal with them as you did to Midian, Sisera, and Jabin at the Kishon Brook.

Brooks » Often ran over pebbles

1 Samuel 17:40

He took his staff in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook and put them in the pouch in his shepherd's bag. He approached the Philistine with his sling in his hand.

Job 22:24

Bury your gold nuggets in the dust, and your source of gold among the stones in a streambed,

Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Zered

Deuteronomy 2:13

Now get going and cross the Wadi Zered.' And so we crossed the Wadi Zered.

Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Eshcol

Numbers 13:23-24

Soon they arrived in the valley of Eshcol, where they cut a single branch of grapes and carried it on a pole between two men, along with some pomegranates and figs. The entire place was called the Eshcol Valley on account of the cluster of grapes that the men of Israel had taken from there.

Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Arnon

Numbers 21:14-15

which is why the Book of the Wars of the LORD reads, "Waheb and Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon, and the slope of the valleys, that extends to the dwelling places of Ar and the borders of Moab.")

Brooks » Canaan abounded with

Deuteronomy 8:7

because the LORD your God is bringing you to a good land a land with rivers and deep springs flowing to the valleys and hills.

Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Besor

1 Samuel 30:9

The LORD told David, "Pursue them! You will definitely overtake them and rescue the captives." So David and 600 men who were with him set out. They came to the Wadi Besor where those who were left behind stayed.

Brooks » Illustrative » Of wisdom

Brooks » Borders of, favorable to » Grass

1 Kings 18:5

Ahab had instructed Obadiah, "Go throughout the land to all of the water springs and to all of the valleys. Maybe we'll find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive. Also, maybe we won't have to kill some of our cattle."

Brooks » Borders of, favorable to » Reeds

Isaiah 19:7

And the bulrushes along the Nile, along the mouth of the Nile, will wither away. All the sown fields of the Nile will become parched, and they will be blown away; there will be nothing left.

Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Of the willows

Isaiah 15:7

Therefore the wealth they have acquired and what they have stored up they carry them away over the Arab Wadi.

Brooks » Illustrative » (drinking of, by the way,) of help in distress

Psalm 110:7

He will drink from a stream on the way, then hold his head high.

Brooks » Afforded protection to a country

Isaiah 19:6

The canals will stink, and the tributaries of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. Reeds and rushes will wither away.

Brooks » Abounded with fish

Isaiah 19:8

The fishermen will groan, and all who cast hooks into the Nile will lament; those who spread nets upon the water will become weaker and weaker.

Brooks » Illustrative » Of temporal abundance

Job 20:17

He won't look at the rivers the torrents of honey and curd.

Brooks » Illustrative » (deceptive,) of false friends

Job 6:15

But my brothers have acted treacherously like a cascading river, like torrential rivers that overflow.

Water » Collected in » Brooks

1 Kings 18:5

Ahab had instructed Obadiah, "Go throughout the land to all of the water springs and to all of the valleys. Maybe we'll find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive. Also, maybe we won't have to kill some of our cattle."

2 Samuel 17:20

When Absalom's servants approached the woman of the house, they asked her, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" "They've already crossed the brook," the woman answered. So Absalom's servants went away in search of Jonathan and Ahimaaz, but they couldn't find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.

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