61 Bible Verses about Rivers

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Psalm 46:4

The river's channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the sovereign One.

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life -- water as clear as crystal -- pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

Revelation 16:4

Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood.

Genesis 2:10

Now a river flows from Eden to water the orchard, and from there it divides into four headstreams.

Isaiah 41:18

I will make streams flow down the slopes and produce springs in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water and the arid land into springs.

Isaiah 43:19

"Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the desert and paths in the wilderness.

Isaiah 66:12

For this is what the Lord says: "Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river, the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. You will nurse from her breast and be carried at her side; you will play on her knees.

Isaiah 18:1

The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, the one beyond the rivers of Cush,

Isaiah 19:5

The water of the sea will be dried up, and the river will dry up and be empty.

Jeremiah 17:8

They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.

Zephaniah 3:10

From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, those who pray to me will bring me tribute.

Amos 5:24

Justice must flow like torrents of water, righteous actions like a stream that never dries up.

Ezekiel 47:9

Every living creature which swarms where the river flows will live; there will be many fish, for these waters flow there. It will become fresh and everything will live where the river flows.

Psalm 98:8

Let the rivers clap their hands! Let the mountains sing in unison

Genesis 2:14

The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the streams flow into the sea, but the sea is not full, and to the place where the streams flow, there they will flow again.

Psalm 65:9

You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile with overflowing streams full of water. You provide grain for them, for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.

Revelation 22:2

flowing down the middle of the city's main street. On each side of the river is the tree of life producing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month of the year. Its leaves are for the healing of the nations.

Genesis 15:18

That day the Lord made a covenant with Abram: "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River --

Psalm 24:2

For he set its foundation upon the seas, and established it upon the ocean currents.

Exodus 7:20

Moses and Aaron did so, just as the Lord had commanded. Moses raised the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile right before the eyes of Pharaoh and his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood.

Exodus 2:3

But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him and sealed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and set it among the reeds along the edge of the Nile.

Job 14:11

As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up,

Hebrews 5:10

and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

John 11:49

Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, "You know nothing at all!

Zechariah 3:1

Next I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

Hebrews 7:27

He has no need to do every day what those priests do, to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, since he did this in offering himself once for all.

Hebrews 5:1

For every high priest is taken from among the people and appointed to represent them before God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

Hebrews 9:7

But only the high priest enters once a year into the inner tent, and not without blood that he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.

Hebrews 8:1

Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

John 11:51

(Now he did not say this on his own, but because he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish nation,

John 18:19

While this was happening, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.

Matthew 26:63

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

Mark 14:60

Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?"

Matthew 26:57

Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house the experts in the law and the elders had gathered.

Hebrews 7:28

For the law appoints as high priests men subject to weakness, but the word of solemn affirmation that came after the law appoints a son made perfect forever.

Acts 23:2

At that the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

Hebrews 7:17

For here is the testimony about him: "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."

Hebrews 7:12

For when the priesthood changes, a change in the law must come as well.

Acts 19:14

(Now seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.)

John 18:10

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, pulled it out and struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his right ear. (Now the slave's name was Malchus.)

John 18:13

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

Leviticus 21:10

"'The high priest -- who is greater than his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments -- must neither dishevel the hair of his head nor tear his garments.

Hebrews 5:5

So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, who said to him, "You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,"

Matthew 26:62

So the high priest stood up and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?"

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Fishes » Inhabit » Rivers

Exodus 7:18

Fish in the Nile will die, the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from the Nile."'"

Ezekiel 29:5

I will leave you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your waterways; you will fall in the open field and will not be gathered up or collected. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the skies.

Gates » Made to » Rivers

Nahum 2:6

The sluice gates are opened; the royal palace is deluged and dissolves.

Rivers » Jordan » Spiritual

Psalm 36:8

They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.

Psalm 46:4

The river's channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the sovereign One.

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life -- water as clear as crystal -- pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

Isaiah 48:18

If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.

Ezekiel 47:5

Again he measured 1,750 feet and it was a river I could not cross, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be crossed.

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

Zechariah 10:11

The Lord will cross the sea of storms and will calm its turbulence. The depths of the Nile will dry up, the pride of Assyria will be humbled, and the domination of Egypt will be no more.

Nahum 1:4

He shouts a battle cry against the sea and makes it dry up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon withers.

Jeremiah 51:36

Therefore the Lord says, "I will stand up for your cause. I will pay the Babylonians back for what they have done to you. I will dry up their sea. I will make their springs run dry.

Isaiah 19:1-8

Here is a message about Egypt: Look, the Lord rides on a swift-moving cloud and approaches Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him; the Egyptians lose their courage. "I will provoke civil strife in Egypt, brothers will fight with each other, as will neighbors, cities, and kingdoms. The Egyptians will panic, and I will confuse their strategy. They will seek guidance from the idols and from the spirits of the dead, from the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, and from the magicians. read more.
I will hand Egypt over to a harsh master; a powerful king will rule over them," says the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies. The water of the sea will be dried up, and the river will dry up and be empty. The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay, along with the plants by the mouth of the river. All the cultivated land near the river will turn to dust and be blown away. The fishermen will mourn and lament, all those who cast a fishhook into the river, and those who spread out a net on the water's surface will grieve.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Chebar

Ezekiel 1:1

In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles at the Kebar River, the heavens opened and I saw a divine vision.

Ezekiel 10:15

The cherubim rose up; these were the living beings I saw at the Kebar River.

Ezekiel 10:20

These were the living creatures which I saw at the Kebar River underneath the God of Israel; I knew that they were cherubim.

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

Psalm 46:4

The river's channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the sovereign One.

Isaiah 41:18

I will make streams flow down the slopes and produce springs in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water and the arid land into springs.

Isaiah 43:19-20

"Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the desert and paths in the wilderness. The wild animals of the desert honor me, the jackals and ostriches, because I put water in the desert and streams in the wilderness, to quench the thirst of my chosen people,

Rivers » Many, fordable in some places

Isaiah 16:2

At the fords of the Arnon the Moabite women are like a bird that flies about when forced from its nest.

Joshua 2:7

Meanwhile the king's men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River near the fords. The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them.

Genesis 32:22

During the night Jacob quickly took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

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

Isaiah 28:2

Look, the sovereign master sends a strong, powerful one. With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm, with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm, he will knock that crown to the ground with his hand.

Isaiah 8:7

So look, the sovereign master is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River -- the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks.

Isaiah 28:18

Your treaty with death will be dissolved; your agreement with Sheol will not last. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by, you will be overrun by it.

Rivers » Source of

Job 28:10

He has cut out channels through the rocks; his eyes have spotted every precious thing.

Psalm 104:8

as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down -- to the place you appointed for them.

Psalm 104:10

He turns springs into streams; they flow between the mountains.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Gozan

1 Chronicles 5:26

So the God of Israel stirred up King Pul of Assyria (that is, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria), and he carried away the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh and took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this very day.

2 Kings 17:6

In the ninth year of Hoshea's reign, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the people of Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.

Rivers » Banks of » Frequently overflowed

1 Chronicles 12:15

They crossed the Jordan River in the first month, when it was overflowing its banks, and routed those living in all the valleys to the east and west.

Joshua 3:15

When the ones carrying the ark reached the Jordan and the feet of the priests carrying the ark touched the surface of the water -- (the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest time) --

Rivers » Gozan

1 Chronicles 5:26

So the God of Israel stirred up King Pul of Assyria (that is, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria), and he carried away the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh and took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this very day.

2 Kings 17:6

In the ninth year of Hoshea's reign, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the people of Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.

Rivers » Run into the sea

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the streams flow into the sea, but the sea is not full, and to the place where the streams flow, there they will flow again.

Ezekiel 47:8

He said to me, "These waters go out toward the eastern region and flow down into the Arabah; when they enter the Dead Sea, where the sea is stagnant, the waters become fresh.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Jabbok

Joshua 12:2

King Sihon of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) -- including the city in the middle of the valley and half of Gilead -- all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory.

Deuteronomy 2:37

However, you did not approach the land of the Ammonites, the Wadi Jabbok, the cities of the hill country, or any place else forbidden by the Lord our God.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Arnon

Deuteronomy 2:36

From Aroer, which is at the edge of Wadi Arnon (it is the city in the wadi), all the way to Gilead there was not a town able to resist us -- the Lord our God gave them all to us.

Joshua 12:1

Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land on the east side of the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:

Rivers » Some of » Deep

Zechariah 10:11

The Lord will cross the sea of storms and will calm its turbulence. The depths of the Nile will dry up, the pride of Assyria will be humbled, and the domination of Egypt will be no more.

Ezekiel 47:5

Again he measured 1,750 feet and it was a river I could not cross, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be crossed.

Rivers » Some of » Great and mighty

Genesis 15:18

That day the Lord made a covenant with Abram: "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River --

Psalm 74:15

You broke open the spring and the stream; you dried up perpetually flowing rivers.

Rivers » Often the boundaries of kingdoms

1 Kings 4:24

His royal court was so large because he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors.

Joshua 22:25

The Lord made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the Lord.' In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying the Lord.

Rivers » Some of » Parted into many streams

Genesis 2:10

Now a river flows from Eden to water the orchard, and from there it divides into four headstreams.

Rivers » Flow through valleys

Psalm 104:8

as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down -- to the place you appointed for them.

Psalm 104:10

He turns springs into streams; they flow between the mountains.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Jordan

2 Kings 5:10

Elisha sent out a messenger who told him, "Go and wash seven times in the Jordan; your skin will be restored and you will be healed."

Joshua 3:8

Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, 'When you reach the bank of the Jordan River, wade into the water.'"

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

Jeremiah 17:8

They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.

Rivers » Illustrative » Of heavy afflictions

Psalm 69:2

I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.

Rivers » Banks of » Peculiarly fruitful

Isaiah 32:20

you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.

Rivers » Cities often built beside

Psalm 46:4

The river's channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the sovereign One.

Rivers » Illustrative » Of the abundance of grace in Christ

Isaiah 32:2

Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from a rainstorm; like streams of water in a dry region and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.

Rivers » Banks of » Covered with flags

Exodus 2:3

But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him and sealed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and set it among the reeds along the edge of the Nile.

Exodus 2:5

Then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself by the Nile, while her attendants were walking alongside the river, and she saw the basket among the reeds. She sent one of her attendants, took it,

Rivers » God's power over, unlimited

Nahum 1:4

He shouts a battle cry against the sea and makes it dry up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon withers.

Isaiah 50:2

Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.

Rivers » Banks of » Frequented by doves

Song of Songs 5:12

His eyes are like doves by streams of water, washed in milk, mounted like jewels.

Rivers » Illustrative » Of abundance

Job 20:17

He will not look on the streams, the rivers, which are the torrents of honey and butter.

Job 29:6

when my steps were bathed with butter and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil!

Rivers » Of canaan abounded with fish

Leviticus 11:9-10

"'These you can eat from all creatures that are in the water: Any creatures in the water that have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat. But any creatures that do not have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, from all the swarming things of the water and from all the living creatures that are in the water, are detestable to you.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of jotbath

Deuteronomy 10:7

From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a place of flowing streams.

Rivers » Arnon

Deuteronomy 2:36

From Aroer, which is at the edge of Wadi Arnon (it is the city in the wadi), all the way to Gilead there was not a town able to resist us -- the Lord our God gave them all to us.

Rivers » Banks of » Frequented by wild beasts

Jeremiah 49:19

"A lion coming up from the thick undergrowth along the Jordan scatters the sheep in the pastureland around it. So too I will chase the Edomites off their land. Then I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For there is no one like me, and there is no one who can call me to account. There is no ruler who can stand up against me.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of egypt

Genesis 15:18

That day the Lord made a covenant with Abram: "To your descendants I 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

What good will it do you then to go down to Egypt to seek help from the Egyptians? What good will it do you to go over to Assyria to seek help from the Assyrians?

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Euphrates

Genesis 2:14

The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Hiddekel

Genesis 2:14

The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Rivers » Jordan » Hiddekel (tigris)

Genesis 2:14

The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Rivers » Euphrates

Genesis 2:14

The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Pharpar

2 Kings 5:12

The rivers of Damascus, the Abana and Pharpar, are better than any of the waters of Israel! Could I not wash in them and be healed?" So he turned around and went away angry.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Abana

2 Kings 5:12

The rivers of Damascus, the Abana and Pharpar, are better than any of the waters of Israel! Could I not wash in them and be healed?" So he turned around and went away angry.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Pison

Genesis 2:11

The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Gihon

Genesis 2:13

The name of the second river is Gihon; it runs through the entire land of Cush.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of damascus

2 Kings 5:12

The rivers of Damascus, the Abana and Pharpar, are better than any of the waters of Israel! Could I not wash in them and be healed?" So he turned around and went away angry.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of eden

Genesis 2:10

Now a river flows from Eden to water the orchard, and from there it divides into four headstreams.

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

Isaiah 66:12

For this is what the Lord says: "Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river, the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. You will nurse from her breast and be carried at her side; you will play on her knees.

Rivers » Illustrative » Of people flying from judgments

Isaiah 23:10

Daughter Tarshish, travel back to your land, as one crosses the Nile; there is no longer any marketplace in Tyre.

Rivers » Useful for » Promoting vegetation

Genesis 2:10

Now a river flows from Eden to water the orchard, and from there it divides into four headstreams.

Rivers » Banks of » Planted with trees

Ezekiel 47:7

When I had returned, I noticed a vast number of trees on the banks of the river, on both sides.

Rivers » Some of » Broad

Isaiah 33:21

Instead the Lord will rule there as our mighty king. Rivers and wide streams will flow through it; no war galley will enter; no large ships will sail through.

Rivers » Jordan » Pharpar

2 Kings 5:12

The rivers of Damascus, the Abana and Pharpar, are better than any of the waters of Israel! Could I not wash in them and be healed?" So he turned around and went away angry.

Rivers » Jordan » Pison

Genesis 2:11

The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Rivers » Gardens often made beside

Numbers 24:6

They are like valleys stretched forth, like gardens by the river's side, like aloes that the Lord has planted, and like cedar trees beside the waters.

Rivers » Abana

2 Kings 5:12

The rivers of Damascus, the Abana and Pharpar, are better than any of the waters of Israel! Could I not wash in them and be healed?" So he turned around and went away angry.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of ethiopia

Isaiah 18:1

The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, the one beyond the rivers of Cush,

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Kanah

Joshua 16:8

From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim by its clans.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Ulai

Daniel 8:16

Then I heard a human voice coming from between the banks of the Ulai. It called out, "Gabriel, enable this person to understand the vision."

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of babylon

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Kishon

Judges 5:21

The Kishon River carried them off; the river confronted them -- the Kishon River. Step on the necks of the strong!

Rivers » Useful for » Commerce

Isaiah 23:3

the deep waters! Grain from the Shihor region, crops grown near the Nile she receives; she is the trade center of the nations.

Rivers » Banks of » Places of common resort

Rivers » Some of » Rapid

Judges 5:21

The Kishon River carried them off; the river confronted them -- the Kishon River. Step on the necks of the strong!

Rivers » Jordan » Of egypt (nile)

Exodus 1:22

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "All sons that are born you must throw into the river, but all daughters you may let live."

Rivers » Jordan » Kishon

Judges 5:21

The Kishon River carried them off; the river confronted them -- the Kishon River. Step on the necks of the strong!

Rivers » Jordan » Kanah

Joshua 16:8

From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim by its clans.

Rivers » Jordan » Ulai

Daniel 8:16

Then I heard a human voice coming from between the banks of the Ulai. It called out, "Gabriel, enable this person to understand the vision."

Rivers » Baptism often performed in

Rivers » Enclosed within banks

Daniel 12:5

I, Daniel, watched as two others stood there, one on each side of the river.

Rivers » Chebar

Ezekiel 1:1

In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles at the Kebar River, the heavens opened and I saw a divine vision.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of philippi

Acts 16:13

On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there.

Rivers » Useful for » Bathing

Exodus 2:5

Then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself by the Nile, while her attendants were walking alongside the river, and she saw the basket among the reeds. She sent one of her attendants, took it,

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of ahava

Ezra 8:15

I had them assemble at the canal that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I observed that the people and the priests were present, but I found no Levites there.

Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of judah

Joel 3:18

On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water. A spring will flow out from the temple of the Lord, watering the Valley of Acacia Trees.

Ships » Navigated » Rivers

Isaiah 33:21

Instead the Lord will rule there as our mighty king. Rivers and wide streams will flow through it; no war galley will enter; no large ships will sail through.

Spiritual » Riches general references to » Rivers

Psalm 36:8

They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.

Psalm 46:4

The river's channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the sovereign One.

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life -- water as clear as crystal -- pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

Isaiah 48:18

If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.

Ezekiel 47:5

Again he measured 1,750 feet and it was a river I could not cross, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be crossed.

Water » Collected in » Rivers

Isaiah 8:7

So look, the sovereign master is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River -- the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks.

Jeremiah 2:18

What good will it do you then to go down to Egypt to seek help from the Egyptians? What good will it do you to go over to Assyria to seek help from the Assyrians?

Topics on Rivers

Failing Rivers

Job 6:15-18

My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away.

Rivers And Streams

1 Kings 17:7

After a while, the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

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