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And it shall be that you will drink from the wadi. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."
For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;
And it happened after a while that the wadi dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening. And he drank from the wadi.
The king's heart is in the LORD's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
"Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Wadi Cherith, that is near the Jordan.
He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
There shall be brooks and streams of water on every lofty mountain and on every high hill in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
It will happen in that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters, and a fountain will come forth from the house of the LORD, and will water the valley of Shittim.
A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a shelter from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?
Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water brooks have dried up, And the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
You shall take on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD, "Waheb in Suphah, the valleys of the Arnon,
So he went and did according to the word of the LORD; for he went and lived by the Wadi Cherith, that is near the Jordan.
"'These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat.
The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.
They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.'"
He will drink of the brook in the way; therefore he will lift up his head.
From there they traveled to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water.
And Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal. Do not let one of them escape." And they seized them. And Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon, and killed them there.
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Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Kidron
All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Gaash
Brooks » Borders of, favorable to » Willows
You shall take on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Cherith
"Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Wadi Cherith, that is near the Jordan.
So he went and did according to the word of the LORD; for he went and lived by the Wadi Cherith, that is near the Jordan.
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Kishon
And Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal. Do not let one of them escape." And they seized them. And Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon, and killed them there.
Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
Brooks » Often ran over pebbles
He took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet. His sling was in his hand; and he drew near to the Philistine.
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Zered
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Eshcol
They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs. That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there.
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Arnon
Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD, "Waheb in Suphah, the valleys of the Arnon, the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab."
Brooks » Canaan abounded with
For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Besor
So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.
Brooks » Illustrative » Of wisdom
The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
Brooks » Borders of, favorable to » Grass
And Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the wadis. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals."
Brooks » Borders of, favorable to » Reeds
The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Of the willows
Therefore they will carry away the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have stored up, over the Brook of the Willows.
Brooks » Illustrative » (drinking of, by the way,) of help in distress
He will drink of the brook in the way; therefore he will lift up his head.
Brooks » Afforded protection to a country
The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.
Brooks » Abounded with fish
The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
Brooks » Illustrative » Of temporal abundance
Brooks » Illustrative » (deceptive,) of false friends
Water » Collected in » Brooks
And Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the wadis. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals."
Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" The woman said to them, "They have gone over the brook of water." When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.