8 Bible Verses about Water, As A Symbol Of Affliction

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

They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.

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

Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck.

Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your teachers won't be hidden anymore, but your eyes will see your teachers;

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and the flame will not scorch you.

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

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