61 Bible Verses about Rivers

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Psalm 46:4

[There is] a river whose streams gladden the city of God, the holiest of the dwellings of the Most High.

Revelation 22:1

And he showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming out from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Revelation 16:4

And the third poured out his bowl on the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood.

Genesis 2:10

Now a river flowed out from Eden that watered the garden, and from there it diverged and became four branches.

Isaiah 41:18

I will open rivers on [the] barren heights and fountains in [the] midst of [the] valleys. I will make [the] wilderness like a pool of water and [the] land of dryness like springs of water.

Isaiah 43:19

Look! I [am] about to do a new thing! Now it sprouts! Do you not perceive it? Indeed, I will {make} a way in the wilderness, rivers in [the] desert.

Isaiah 66:12

For thus says Yahweh: "Look! I [am] about to spread prosperity out to her like a river, and [the] wealth of [the] nations like an overflowing stream, and you shall suck and be carried on the hip; and you shall you shall be played with on the knees.

Isaiah 18:1

Ah! land [of the] whirring of wings, which [is] beyond the rivers of Cush,

Isaiah 19:5

And [the] waters will be dried up from the sea, and [the] river will be parched and dry.

Jeremiah 17:8

For he will be like a tree planted by water, and to [the] stream it sends its roots, and it will not fear when heat comes, and its leaves will be luxuriant, and in [the] year of drought it will not be anxious, and it will not cease from the bearing of fruit.

Zephaniah 3:10

From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers and the daughter of my scattered ones shall bring my offering.

Amos 5:24

But let justice roll on like the water, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Ezekiel 47:9

And then every living creature [with] which it teems, {to every place the waters come} it will live; [and] very many fish will live because these waters came there, and [so] the [water] will be healed and everything [will be] alive {everywhere that} {the stream will come}.

Psalm 98:8

Let [the] rivers clap [their] hands. Let [the] hills sing joyfully together

Genesis 2:14

And the name of the third [is] Tigris. It flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river [is] the Euphrates.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the streams flow to the sea, but the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow.

Revelation 22:2

in the middle of its street, and {on both sides of the river} [is] the tree of life, producing twelve fruits--yielding its fruit according to every month--and the leaves of the tree [are] for the healing of the nations.

Genesis 15:18

On that day Yahweh {made} a covenant with Abram saying, "To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates river,

Psalm 24:2

because he has founded it on [the] seas, and has established it on [the] rivers.

Exodus 7:20

And Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh had commanded, and he raised the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile before the eyes of Pharaoh and before the eyes of his servants, and all of the water that was in the Nile was changed to blood.

Exodus 2:3

But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him, and she coated it with tar and with pitch, and she placed the boy in it, and she placed [it] among the reeds on the bank of the Nile.

Job 14:11

[As] water disappears from a lake, and a river withers away and dries up,

Hebrews 5:10

being designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

John 11:49

But a certain one of them, Caiaphas (who was high priest in that year), said to them, "You do not know anything at all!

Zechariah 3:1

And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing {before} the angel of Yahweh; and Satan was standing on his right to accuse him.

Hebrews 7:27

who does not {need every day} like the former high priests to offer up sacrifices for his own sins [and] then for the [sins] of the people, because he did this once for all [when he] offered up himself.

Hebrews 5:1

For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of people in the things relating to God, in order that he can offer both gifts and sacrifices on behalf of sins,

Hebrews 9:7

but only the high priest [enters] into the second [tent] once a year, not without blood, which he offers on behalf of himself and the [sins] of the people committed in ignorance.

Mark 14:61

But he was silent and did not reply anything. Again the high priest asked him and said to him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

Hebrews 8:1

Now [this is] the main point in what has been said: we have a high priest such as this, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

John 11:51

(Now he did not say this from himself, but being high priest in that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

John 18:19

So the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, "I put you under oath by the living God, that you tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!"

Mark 14:60

And the high priest stood up in the midst [of them] [and] asked Jesus, saying, "Do you not reply anything? What are these [people] testifying against you?"

Matthew 26:57

Now those who had arrested Jesus led [him] away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.

Hebrews 7:28

For the law appoints men [as] high priests who have weakness, but the statement of the oath, after the law, [appoints] a Son, who is made perfect {forever}.

Acts 23:2

So the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near him to strike his mouth.

Hebrews 7:17

For it is testified, "You [are] a priest {forever} according to the order of Melchizedek."

Hebrews 7:12

For [when] the priesthood changes, of necessity there is a change of the law also.

Acts 19:14

(Now seven sons of a certain Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.)

John 18:10

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear. (Now the name of the slave was Malchus.)

John 18:13

and brought [him] to Annas first, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

Leviticus 21:10

" 'As for the priest [who is] higher than his brothers, on whose head the oil of anointment is poured and {he was ordained} to wear the garments, he shall not dishevel his head, and he shall not tear his garments.

Hebrews 5:5

Thus also Christ did not glorify himself to become high priest, but the one who said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you,"

Matthew 26:62

And the high priest stood up [and] said to him, "Do you reply nothing? What are these [people] testifying against you?"

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Fishes » Inhabit » Rivers

Exodus 7:18

And the fish that [are] in the Nile will die, and the Nile will stink, and [the] Egyptians will be unable to drink water from the Nile." '"

Ezekiel 29:5

And I will fling you [to] the desert, you and all the fish of your Nile streams. On the surface of the field you will fall; you will not be gathered, and you will not be assembled. To the animals of the field and to the birds of the heavens I will give you as food.

Gates » Made to » Rivers

Nahum 2:6

The gates of the river are opened; the palace trembles.

Rivers » Jordan » Spiritual

Psalm 36:8

They are refreshed with the {fullness} of your house, and you give them drink [from] the river of your delights.

Psalm 46:4

[There is] a river whose streams gladden the city of God, the holiest of the dwellings of the Most High.

Revelation 22:1

And he showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming out from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Isaiah 48:18

O that you had listened attentively to my commandments! Then your prosperity would have been like river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Ezekiel 47:5

And he measured a thousand [cubits], [and] [it became] a stream that I was not able to cross, because the water rose, {waters a person could swim in}, [and became] a stream that could not be crossed.

Rivers » Illustrative » (drying up of,) of God's judgments

Zechariah 10:11

And he will pass through the sea of distress, and he will strike the waves of the sea, and all [the] depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought low, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

Nahum 1:4

He rebukes the sea and he dries up the rivers; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon languishes.

Jeremiah 51:36

{Therefore} thus says Yahweh, "Look, I [am] going to contend your case, and I will avenge your vengeance, and I will cause her sea to dry up, and I will cause her fountain to dry up.

Isaiah 19:1-8

An oracle of Egypt: Look! Yahweh [is] riding on a swift cloud and [is] coming [to] Egypt. And the idols of Egypt will tremble in front of him, and the heart of Egypt melts in his inner parts. "And I will stir up {Egyptians} against {Egyptians}, and each one will fight against his brother and each one against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom. And the spirit of {the Egyptians} will be disturbed in his midst, and I will {confuse} his plans, and they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, and the ghosts and the spiritists. read more.
And I will hand over {the Egyptians} into [the] hand of a hard master, and a powerful king will rule over them," {declares} the Lord Yahweh of hosts. And [the] waters will be dried up from the sea, and [the] river will be parched and dry. And [the] rivers will become foul-smelling; the branches of the Nile of Egypt will become little and dry up; reed and rush will wither. Bare places by [the] Nile will be dried up, by the edge of [the] Nile and all the sown land of [the] Nile; it will be driven about, and {it will be no more}. And the fishers will mourn, and all of those who cast fishhooks in the Nile will lament, and those who spread out fishing nets on [the] {surface} of [the] water will languish.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Chebar

Ezekiel 1:1

And it was in [the] thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], on the fifth [day] of the month, and I [was] in the midst of the exiles by the {Kebar River}. The heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

Ezekiel 10:15

And the cherubim rose; that is, the living creatures that I saw at the {Kebar River}.

Ezekiel 10:20

This [was] the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel at the {Kebar River}, and I knew that they [were] cherubim.

Rivers » Illustrative » Of the gifts and graces of the holy spirit

Psalm 46:4

[There is] a river whose streams gladden the city of God, the holiest of the dwellings of the Most High.

Isaiah 41:18

I will open rivers on [the] barren heights and fountains in [the] midst of [the] valleys. I will make [the] wilderness like a pool of water and [the] land of dryness like springs of water.

Isaiah 43:19-20

Look! I [am] about to do a new thing! Now it sprouts! Do you not perceive it? Indeed, I will {make} a way in the wilderness, rivers in [the] desert. The animals of the field will honor me, jackals and daughters of [the] ostrich, for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in [the] desert, to give a drink [to] my chosen people,

Rivers » Many, fordable in some places

Isaiah 16:2

And this shall be: like a bird fleeing [from] a thrust away nest shall be the daughters of Moab [at the] fords of Arnon.

Joshua 2:7

So the men chased after them on {the way to the Jordan} at the fords; and they shut the gate behind the pursuers that had gone out after them.

Genesis 32:22

That night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

Rivers » Illustrative » (overflowing of,) of God's judgments

Isaiah 28:2

Look! The Lord has mighty and strong [one], like a rainstorm of hail, a wind storm of destruction, like a rainstorm of mighty overflowing waters, he will put [them] to the earth with [his] hand.

Isaiah 8:7

therefore look! The Lord [is] bringing up the waters of the great and mighty river against them, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And he will rise above all his channels, and he will flow over all his banks.

Isaiah 28:18

And your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; you will become a trampling place for the overwhelming flood when it passes through.

Rivers » Source of

Job 28:10

He cuts out tunnels in the rocks, and his eye sees every treasure.

Psalm 104:8

They ascended [the] mountains [and] drained though the valleys to [the] place that you established for them.

Psalm 104:10

[You are] the one who sends forth springs into the valleys; they flow between [the] mountains.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Gozan

1 Chronicles 5:26

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tiglath-Pilneser, king of Assyria, and he took them [into exile], namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, until this day.

2 Kings 17:6

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported Israel to Assyria. He placed them in Halah, in Habor, [in] the river [regions] of Gozan, and [in] the cities of the Medes.

Rivers » Banks of » Frequently overflowed

1 Chronicles 12:15

These [were] they who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was filled over its banks. And they put to flight all [who were in] the valley to the east and to the west.

Joshua 3:15

When those carrying the ark came up to the Jordan, and the priests carrying the ark dipped their feet in the edge of the water (the Jordan was flowing over its banks during all the days of harvest),

Rivers » Gozan

1 Chronicles 5:26

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tiglath-Pilneser, king of Assyria, and he took them [into exile], namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, until this day.

2 Kings 17:6

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported Israel to Assyria. He placed them in Halah, in Habor, [in] the river [regions] of Gozan, and [in] the cities of the Medes.

Rivers » Run into the sea

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the streams flow to the sea, but the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow.

Ezekiel 47:8

And he said to me, "These waters [are] going out to the eastern region, and they go down to the {Jordan Valley}, and they come [to] the sea [and flow] into the sea [where] {they issue out}, and the waters [in the sea] will be healed.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Jabbok

Joshua 12:2

Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which [is] on the edge of the wadi of Arnon, [from] the middle of the valley and half of Gilead, up to the {Jabbok River}, [which marks] the border of the {Ammonites};

Deuteronomy 2:37

Only the land of {the Ammonites} you did not approach, [all along] the whole upper region of the Jabbok {River} and the towns of the hill country, [according to all] that Yahweh our God had instructed.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Arnon

Deuteronomy 2:36

From Aroer, which [is] on the edge of the wadi of Arnon and the city that [was] in the wadi on up to Gilead, [there] was not a city that was inaccessible to us; Yahweh our God gave {everything} {to us}.

Joshua 12:1

These [are] the kings of the land whom the {Israelites} defeated, and of whose land they took possession beyond the Jordon {to the east}, from the wadi of Arnon up to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah to the east:

Rivers » Some of » Deep

Zechariah 10:11

And he will pass through the sea of distress, and he will strike the waves of the sea, and all [the] depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought low, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

Ezekiel 47:5

And he measured a thousand [cubits], [and] [it became] a stream that I was not able to cross, because the water rose, {waters a person could swim in}, [and became] a stream that could not be crossed.

Rivers » Some of » Great and mighty

Genesis 15:18

On that day Yahweh {made} a covenant with Abram saying, "To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates river,

Psalm 74:15

You split open spring and wadi. You dried up ever-flowing rivers.

Rivers » Often the boundaries of kingdoms

1 Kings 4:24

For he [was] ruling over all the west of the River from Tiphsah up to Gaza, over all the kings west of the River; and he had peace from every side all around.

Joshua 22:25

Yahweh has made the Jordan a border between us and you, the descendants of Reuben and Gad; you have no portion in Yahweh.' So your children may put an end to our children worshiping Yahweh.

Rivers » Some of » Parted into many streams

Genesis 2:10

Now a river flowed out from Eden that watered the garden, and from there it diverged and became four branches.

Rivers » Flow through valleys

Psalm 104:8

They ascended [the] mountains [and] drained though the valleys to [the] place that you established for them.

Psalm 104:10

[You are] the one who sends forth springs into the valleys; they flow between [the] mountains.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Jordan

2 Kings 5:10

Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go, you must wash seven times in the Jordan, then your flesh shall return to you, and you shall be clean."

Joshua 3:8

You will command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, saying, 'At the moment that you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you will stand [still] in the Jordan.'"

Rivers » Illustrative » (fruitfulness of trees planted by,) of the permanent prosperity of saints

Jeremiah 17:8

For he will be like a tree planted by water, and to [the] stream it sends its roots, and it will not fear when heat comes, and its leaves will be luxuriant, and in [the] year of drought it will not be anxious, and it will not cease from the bearing of fruit.

Rivers » Illustrative » Of heavy afflictions

Psalm 69:2

I sink in [the] mud of the deep, and there is no foothold. I have come to watery depths, and [the] torrent floods over me.

Rivers » Banks of » Peculiarly fruitful

Isaiah 32:20

Happy [are] you who sow by all waters, who let the foot of the ox and the donkey go free.

Rivers » Cities often built beside

Psalm 46:4

[There is] a river whose streams gladden the city of God, the holiest of the dwellings of the Most High.

Rivers » Illustrative » Of the abundance of grace in Christ

Isaiah 32:2

And each one will be like a hiding place from [the] wind and a covering from [the] rainstorm, like streams of water in a dry region, like [the] shade of a large rock in a weary land.

Rivers » Banks of » Covered with flags

Exodus 2:3

But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him, and she coated it with tar and with pitch, and she placed the boy in it, and she placed [it] among the reeds on the bank of the Nile.

Exodus 2:5

And the daughter of Pharaoh went down to wash at the Nile, [while] her maidservants were walking alongside the Nile, and she saw the basket in the midst of the reeds, and she sent her slave woman [for it] and took it

Rivers » God's power over, unlimited

Nahum 1:4

He rebukes the sea and he dries up the rivers; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon languishes.

Isaiah 50:2

Why was there no man when I came, no one who answered when I called? {Do I lack the strength to save}? Or [is there] no power in me to deliver? Look! by my rebuke I dry up [the] sea; I {make} [the] rivers a desert; their fish stink because there is no water, and they die because of thirst.

Rivers » Banks of » Frequented by doves

Song of Songs 5:12

His eyes [are] like doves beside springs of water, bathed in milk, {set like mounted jewels}.

Rivers » Illustrative » Of abundance

Job 20:17

{He will not enjoy the streams}, [the] torrents of honey and curds.

Job 29:6

when my paths were washed in sour milk, and [the] rock poured out streams of oil for me.

Rivers » Of canaan abounded with fish

Leviticus 11:9-10

" 'These you may eat from all that [are] in the water: any in the water that has a fin and scales, [whether] in the seas or in the streams--such you may eat. But any that does not have a fin and scales, [whether] in the seas or in the streams, {among} all the water's swarmers among all the living creatures that [are] in the water--they [are] a detestable thing to you.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of jotbath

Deuteronomy 10:7

From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land [flowing with] streams of water.

Rivers » Arnon

Deuteronomy 2:36

From Aroer, which [is] on the edge of the wadi of Arnon and the city that [was] in the wadi on up to Gilead, [there] was not a city that was inaccessible to us; Yahweh our God gave {everything} {to us}.

Rivers » Banks of » Frequented by wild beasts

Jeremiah 49:19

Look, like a lion he comes up from the thickets of the Jordan to {a pastureland by a constantly flowing stream}. So {I will chase him away hurriedly} from it. And whoever [is] chosen I will appoint over it. For who [is] like me, and who can summon me? And who [is] this, [the] shepherd who can stand {before me}?"

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of egypt

Genesis 15:18

On that day Yahweh {made} a covenant with Abram saying, "To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates river,

Rivers » Useful for » Supplying drink to the people

Jeremiah 2:18

And now {why do you go} the way of Egypt to drink the waters of the Shihor? And {why do you go} the way of Assyria to drink the waters of the {Euphrates}?

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Euphrates

Genesis 2:14

And the name of the third [is] Tigris. It flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river [is] the Euphrates.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Hiddekel

Genesis 2:14

And the name of the third [is] Tigris. It flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river [is] the Euphrates.

Rivers » Jordan » Hiddekel (tigris)

Genesis 2:14

And the name of the third [is] Tigris. It flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river [is] the Euphrates.

Rivers » Euphrates

Genesis 2:14

And the name of the third [is] Tigris. It flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river [is] the Euphrates.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Pharpar

2 Kings 5:12

Are not the Abana and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all of the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them that I may be clean?" Then he turned and left in anger.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Abana

2 Kings 5:12

Are not the Abana and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all of the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them that I may be clean?" Then he turned and left in anger.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Pison

Genesis 2:11

The name of the first [is] the Pishon. It went around all the land of Havilah, where [there is] gold.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Gihon

Genesis 2:13

And the name of the second [is] Gihon. It went around all the land of Cush.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of damascus

2 Kings 5:12

Are not the Abana and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all of the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them that I may be clean?" Then he turned and left in anger.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of eden

Genesis 2:10

Now a river flowed out from Eden that watered the garden, and from there it diverged and became four branches.

Rivers » Illustrative » (steady course of,) of peace of saints

Isaiah 66:12

For thus says Yahweh: "Look! I [am] about to spread prosperity out to her like a river, and [the] wealth of [the] nations like an overflowing stream, and you shall suck and be carried on the hip; and you shall you shall be played with on the knees.

Rivers » Illustrative » Of people flying from judgments

Isaiah 23:10

Cross over your [own] land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.

Rivers » Useful for » Promoting vegetation

Genesis 2:10

Now a river flowed out from Eden that watered the garden, and from there it diverged and became four branches.

Rivers » Banks of » Planted with trees

Ezekiel 47:7

{When I returned}, then look! On the bank of the river [were] many trees {on both sides}.

Rivers » Some of » Broad

Isaiah 33:21

Rather, there Yahweh [will be] mighty for us, a place of rivers [and] {broad streams}, a galley ship with oars cannot go in it, and a mighty ship cannot pass through it.

Rivers » Jordan » Pharpar

2 Kings 5:12

Are not the Abana and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all of the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them that I may be clean?" Then he turned and left in anger.

Rivers » Jordan » Pison

Genesis 2:11

The name of the first [is] the Pishon. It went around all the land of Havilah, where [there is] gold.

Rivers » Gardens often made beside

Numbers 24:6

They are spread out like valleys, like gardens on a river, like aloes planted by Yahweh, like cedars at [the] waters.

Rivers » Abana

2 Kings 5:12

Are not the Abana and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all of the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them that I may be clean?" Then he turned and left in anger.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of ethiopia

Isaiah 18:1

Ah! land [of the] whirring of wings, which [is] beyond the rivers of Cush,

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Kanah

Joshua 16:8

from Tappuah the border goes to the west, [to] the wadi of Kanah, and {it ends} at the sea. This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Ephraim according to their families,

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Ulai

Daniel 8:16

And I heard [the] voice of a human at [the] Ulai, and he called and said, "Gabriel, [make] this [man] understand the vision."

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of babylon

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Kishon

Judges 5:21

The wadi torrent of Kishon swept them away, the raging wadi torrent, the wadi torrent of Kishon. March on, my soul, [with] strength!

Rivers » Useful for » Commerce

Isaiah 23:3

And on [the] great waters [is] the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile [is] its produce, and she was [the] merchandise of [the] nations.

Rivers » Banks of » Places of common resort

Rivers » Some of » Rapid

Judges 5:21

The wadi torrent of Kishon swept them away, the raging wadi torrent, the wadi torrent of Kishon. March on, my soul, [with] strength!

Rivers » Jordan » Of egypt (nile)

Exodus 1:22

And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "Every son who is born you will throw into the Nile, and every daughter you will let live."

Rivers » Jordan » Kishon

Judges 5:21

The wadi torrent of Kishon swept them away, the raging wadi torrent, the wadi torrent of Kishon. March on, my soul, [with] strength!

Rivers » Jordan » Kanah

Joshua 16:8

from Tappuah the border goes to the west, [to] the wadi of Kanah, and {it ends} at the sea. This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Ephraim according to their families,

Rivers » Jordan » Ulai

Daniel 8:16

And I heard [the] voice of a human at [the] Ulai, and he called and said, "Gabriel, [make] this [man] understand the vision."

Rivers » Baptism often performed in

Matthew 3:6

and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River [as they] confessed their sins.

Rivers » Enclosed within banks

Daniel 12:5

Then I looked, I myself, Daniel, and look, there were two others standing: {one on this bank of the stream and one on the other}.

Rivers » Chebar

Ezekiel 1:1

And it was in [the] thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], on the fifth [day] of the month, and I [was] in the midst of the exiles by the {Kebar River}. The heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of philippi

Rivers » Useful for » Bathing

Exodus 2:5

And the daughter of Pharaoh went down to wash at the Nile, [while] her maidservants were walking alongside the Nile, and she saw the basket in the midst of the reeds, and she sent her slave woman [for it] and took it

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of ahava

Ezra 8:15

I gathered them by the river that goes to Ahava and we camped there for three days. And I looked at the people and the priests, I found no one there from the sons of Levi.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of judah

Joel 3:18

And it will happen on that day; the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will flow with milk, and all the channels of Judah will flow with water. A spring from the house of Yahweh will come forth, and it will water the valley of Acacia Trees.

Ships » Navigated » Rivers

Isaiah 33:21

Rather, there Yahweh [will be] mighty for us, a place of rivers [and] {broad streams}, a galley ship with oars cannot go in it, and a mighty ship cannot pass through it.

Spiritual » Riches general references to » Rivers

Psalm 36:8

They are refreshed with the {fullness} of your house, and you give them drink [from] the river of your delights.

Psalm 46:4

[There is] a river whose streams gladden the city of God, the holiest of the dwellings of the Most High.

Revelation 22:1

And he showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming out from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Isaiah 48:18

O that you had listened attentively to my commandments! Then your prosperity would have been like river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Ezekiel 47:5

And he measured a thousand [cubits], [and] [it became] a stream that I was not able to cross, because the water rose, {waters a person could swim in}, [and became] a stream that could not be crossed.

Water » Collected in » Rivers

Isaiah 8:7

therefore look! The Lord [is] bringing up the waters of the great and mighty river against them, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And he will rise above all his channels, and he will flow over all his banks.

Jeremiah 2:18

And now {why do you go} the way of Egypt to drink the waters of the Shihor? And {why do you go} the way of Assyria to drink the waters of the {Euphrates}?

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Failing Rivers

Job 6:15-18

My companions are treacherous like a torrent-bed; like a streambed of wadis they flow away,

Rivers And Streams

1 Kings 17:7

It happened {after a while} that the wadi dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

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