25 Bible Verses about Brooks
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You will be able to drink from that brook, and I've commanded some crows to sustain you there."
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.
But after a while, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
Crows would bring him bread and meat both in the morning and in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.
A king's heart is a water stream that the LORD controls; he directs it wherever he pleases.
The words a man says are as deep waters a fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.
"Leave here and go into hiding at the Wadi Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River.
He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither. He will prosper in everything he does.
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.
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.
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.
Should your springs flow outside, or streams of water in the street?
The livestock also cries out to you, because their water sources have evaporated and because fire has consumed the open pastures.
"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.
which is why the Book of the Wars of the LORD reads, "Waheb and Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,
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.
"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.
The canals will stink, and the tributaries of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. Reeds and rushes will wither away.
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."
From there they moved on to Gudgodah and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with flowing streams.
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
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.
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.
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
Brooks » Borders of, favorable to » Willows
"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.
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Cherith
"Leave here and go into hiding at the Wadi Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River.
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
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.
Deal with them as you did to Midian, Sisera, and Jabin at the Kishon Brook.
Brooks » Often ran over pebbles
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.
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Zered
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Eshcol
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
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
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
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
The words a man says are as deep waters a fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.
Brooks » Borders of, favorable to » Grass
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
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
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
Brooks » Afforded protection to a country
The canals will stink, and the tributaries of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. Reeds and rushes will wither away.
Brooks » Abounded with fish
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
Brooks » Illustrative » (deceptive,) of false friends
But my brothers have acted treacherously like a cascading river, like torrential rivers that overflow.
Water » Collected in » Brooks
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."
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.