8 Bible Verses about Water, As A Symbol Of Affliction

He sent from on high, he took me. He drew me out of many waters.

They came round about me like water all the day long. They encompassed me around together.

Deep calls to deep at the noise of thy waterfalls. All thy waves and thy billows have gone over me.

Save me, O God, for the waters have come in to my soul.

And though LORD give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet thy teachers shall not be hidden anymore, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers.

When thou pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee. When thou walk through the fire, thou shall not be burned, nor shall the flame kindle upon thee.

The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst. I, LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of it. They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.read more.
Then they cry to LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses. He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves of it are still.