28 Bible Verses about Wells
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And they will take inaccessible cities, and a fat land, and they will inherit houses full of all good, and wells hewed out, vineyards and olive trees, and the tree of food for abundance: and they will eat and be filled, and be fat, and will live delicately in thy great goodness.
And it was when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee in to the land which he sware to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaak and to Jacob, to give to thee cities great and good which thou didst not build, And houses full of all good which thou filledst not, and wells hewed out which thou hewedst not, and vineyards and olives which thou didst not plant; and thou atest and wert satisfied:
And he will make his camels to kneel down without the city by the well of waters, at the time of evening, of the going forth to draw water. And he will say, Jehovah, God of lord Abraham, light upon my face this day, and do kindness with lord Abraham. Behold, I stand at the fountain of waters, and the daughters of the men of the city come forth to draw water.read more.
And it shall be the girl to whom saying to her, incline now thy bucket, and I will drink; and she said, Drink, and I will also give thy camels to drink; thou didst appoint for thy servant Isaak; and by it I shall know that thou didst kindness with my lord. And it shall be before he finished speaking, and behold Rebekah came forth, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, and her bucket upon her shoulder. And the girl good of aspect exceedingly; a virgin, and man knew her not: and she will go down to the fountain and fill her bucket, and come up. And the servant will run to meet her, and he will say, Give me to drink now a little water from thy bucket And she will say, Drink, lord: and she will hasten, and she will bring down her bucket upon her hand, and will give him to drink And she will finish to give him to drink, and will say, I will draw also for thy camels; till they finished drinking. And she will hasten and empty her bucket into the watering trough, and will run again to the well to draw, and will draw for all his camels.
They going up in the ascent of the city and they found girls going forth to draw water, and they will say to them, Is he seeing, here?
A woman of Samaria comes to draw water: Jesus says to her, Give me to drink. (For his disciples were gone into the city that they might buy food.) Then says the Samaritan woman to him, How thou, being a Jew, askest of me to drink, being a Samaritan woman? for the Jews have no intercourse with the Samaritans.
And he will see, and behold, a well in the field, and behold there three flocks of sheep lying by it; for from that well they will water the flocks and the great stone upon the mouth of the well. And they gather there all the flocks; and they rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well and watered the sheep, and turned back the stone upon the mouth of the well to its place.
And he will say, Behold, yet the day great, not the time of gathering the cattle; water ye the sheep, and go feed. And they will say, We shall not be able, till that all the flocks shall be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; and we water the sheep. He yet speaking to them, and Rachel came with the sheep were to her father; for she fed them.read more.
And it shall be when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, and Jacob will come near, and will roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, and will water the sheep of Laban his mother's brother.
And Pharaoh will hear this word, and he will seek to kill Moses. And Moses will flee from the face of Pharaoh, and he will dwell in the land of Midian: and he will sit down by the well. And to the priest of Midian, seven daughters: and they will come and will draw and fill the watering troughs to water the sheep of their father. And the shepherds will come, and will expel them: and Moses will rise up and help them, and will water their sheep.
And Abraham rebuked Abimelech on account of the well of waters which Abimelech's servants took away by force.
And Isaak will sow in that land, and will find in that year a hundred measures; and Jehovah will praise him. And the man will become great, and went going, and he became great, until that he became very great And there will be to him possession of flocks, and possession of oxen, and service of many; and the Philistines will envy him.read more.
And all the wells which his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with dust And Abimelech will say to Isaak, Go from us: for thou wert strong above us exceedingly. And Isaak will go from thence, and will sit down in the valley of Gerar, and will dwell there. And Isaak will dwell, and he will dig the wells of waters which they digged in the days of Abraham his father; and the Philistines will stop them after Abraham died: and he will call them the names after the names which his father called them. And Isaak's servants will dig in the valley and will find there' a well of waters And the shepherds of Gerar will contend with Isaak's shepherds, saying; The waters are to us: and he will call the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. And they will dig another well, and will strive for that also: and he will call its name Sitnah. And he will remove from thence, and will dig another well; and they strove not for that: and he will call its name Rehoboth; and he will say, For now Jehovah made wide for us, and made us fruitful in the earth.
Now we will pass over in thy land: we will not pass through in the field and in the vineyard, and we will not drink the water of the well: the way of the king we will go; we will not incline to the right or to the left till we shall pass over thy boundary.
I will pass over in thy land: we will not turn into the field and into the vineyard; we will not drink water of the well; in the way of the king we will go till we shall pass over thy boundary.
And the messenger of Jehovah shall find her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
For this, the well was called, The well of him seeing me; behold, between Kadesh and between Bered.
For this he called that place, The well of the oath, for there they two aware.
And the shepherds of Gerar will contend with Isaak's shepherds, saying; The waters are to us: and he will call the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. And they will dig another well, and will strive for that also: and he will call its name Sitnah. And he will remove from thence, and will dig another well; and they strove not for that: and he will call its name Rehoboth; and he will say, For now Jehovah made wide for us, and made us fruitful in the earth.
And Jacob's spring was there. Then Jesus, wearied with the journey, sat thus by the spring: it was about the sixth hour.
The hope of Israel, O Jehovah, all forsaking thee shall be ashamed, turning away from me they shall be written in the earth, for they forsook the fountain of the water of life, Jehovah.
For my people did two evils: they forsook me the fountain of living waters, to hew out for them wells, broken wells which will not hold water.
But whoever should drink of the water which I shall give him, shall never thirst; but the water which I shall give him shall be in him a spring of water springing up to eternal life.
For the Lamb in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall guide them to living fountains of water: and God shall wipe out every tear from their eyes.
As a pit, letting flow her waters, so she dug up her evil: violence and oppression will be heard in her; upon my face continually disease and smiting.
For this, thus said Jehovah: Behold me pleading thy cause, and I took vengeance with thy vengeance; and I dried up her sea, and made her fountains dry.
From Thematic Bible
Salvation » Illustrated by » Wells
Water » Collected in » Wells
And God will open her eyes, and she will see a well of waters, and will go and fill the water skin with water, and will give the child to drink.
Wells » Spiritual water of life » Eze 47; re 22
Ho, every one thirsting, Come ye to the waters, and whom there is not to him silver, come ye, buy and eat; and come ye, and buy without silver and without price, wine and milk.
They shall not hunger and they shall not thirst, and the heat shall not strike them, and the sun: for he pitying them shall lead them, and to fountains of water he shall conduct them.
The hope of Israel, O Jehovah, all forsaking thee shall be ashamed, turning away from me they shall be written in the earth, for they forsook the fountain of the water of life, Jehovah.
Wells » Were often stopped up by enemies
And they will tear down the cities, and on all the good portion of Moab they will cast a man his stone, and they filled it; and they will shut up all the fountains of water, and they will cause every good tree to fall: till he left its stones in the city of potsherds, and the slingers will encompass and strike it.
And all the wells which his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with dust
And strike ye every fortified city and every chosen city, and every good tree ye shall cause it to fall, and all the fountains of water ye shall shut up, and every good part ye shall mar with stones.
And Isaak will dwell, and he will dig the wells of waters which they digged in the days of Abraham his father; and the Philistines will stop them after Abraham died: and he will call them the names after the names which his father called them.
Wells » Frequented by » Travellers
And he will make his camels to kneel down without the city by the well of waters, at the time of evening, of the going forth to draw water.
Behold, I stand at the fountain of waters, and the daughters of the men of the city come forth to draw water.
And I will come this day to the fountain, and say, Jehovah, God of lord Abraham, if thou wilt now incline thyself to prosper my way in which I go:
Wells » Mentioned in scripture » Bethlehem
And David will desire and say, Who will give me to drink waters from the well of the House of Bread, which is in the gate?
And David will long, and say, Who will give me to drink from the water from the well of the house of bread, which is in the gate? And the three will break forth into the camp of the rovers, and draw waters from the well of the house of bread which is in the gate, and they will lift up and bring to David: and David would not drink them, and he will pour them forth to Jehovah.
Wells » Frequently made » Outside cities
And he will make his camels to kneel down without the city by the well of waters, at the time of evening, of the going forth to draw water.
And Jacob's spring was there. Then Jesus, wearied with the journey, sat thus by the spring: it was about the sixth hour.
Wells » Illustrative » Of the holy spirit in saints
But whoever should drink of the water which I shall give him, shall never thirst; but the water which I shall give him shall be in him a spring of water springing up to eternal life.
Wells » Were a frequent cause of strife
And Abraham rebuked Abimelech on account of the well of waters which Abimelech's servants took away by force.
And they will dig another well, and will strive for that also: and he will call its name Sitnah. And he will remove from thence, and will dig another well; and they strove not for that: and he will call its name Rehoboth; and he will say, For now Jehovah made wide for us, and made us fruitful in the earth.
Wells » Illustrative » Of wisdom and understanding in man
Deep waters are the words of man's mouth, the fountain of wisdom a gushing stream.
The understanding of him possessing it is a fountain of life: and the instruction of the foolish is folly.
Wells » Often afforded no water
Also thou by the blood of thy covenant I sent forth thy bound ones from the pit no water in it
And their great ones sent their small ones to the waters; they came to the wells, they found no water; they turned back their vessels empty; they were ashamed and disgraced, and they covered their head.
Wells » Frequently made » Near encampments
And he will say, For the seven ewe lambs thou shalt take from my hand, in order to be to me for a testimony that I dug this well.
And Isaak will dwell, and he will dig the wells of waters which they digged in the days of Abraham his father; and the Philistines will stop them after Abraham died: and he will call them the names after the names which his father called them.
Wells » Names often given to
For this, the well was called, The well of him seeing me; behold, between Kadesh and between Bered.
For this he called that place, The well of the oath, for there they two aware.
Wells » Surrounded by trees
And they will come to Ailam; and twelve fountains of water there, and seventy palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
Joseph a fruitful son, a fruitful son upon a fountain, the daughters mounting over a wall.
Wells » Spiritual water of life » Issuing from God's house
And it was in that day the mountains shall drop new wine, and the hills shall flow milk, and all the channels of Judah shall flow waters, and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, and it watered the valley of acacias.
And he will turn me back to the door of the house; and behold, waters coming forth from under the threshold of the house to the east: for the face of the house eastward, and the waters coming down from under from the right shoulder of the house, from the south to the altar.
Wells » Many supplied from lebanon
Wells » Flgurative » Without water
These are fountains wanting water, clouds impelled by a hurricane; for whom the obscurity of darkness has been kept forever.
Wherefore was my pain everlasting and my blow incurable, refusing to be healed? Being, wilt thou be to me as falsehood, the waters were not faithful?
Wells » Frequently made » In the desert
And he will build towers in the desert, and hew out many wells: for there were many cattle to him; and in the low country and in the plain; and husbandmen and vine-dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he was loving the earth.
Wells » Flgurative » Of salvation
But whoever should drink of the water which I shall give him, shall never thirst; but the water which I shall give him shall be in him a spring of water springing up to eternal life.
Wells » Spiritual water of life » Makes life fruitful
And he showed me the pure river of the water of life, shining as crystal, going out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of her broad way and of the river, hence and thence, the tree of life, making twelve fruits, in a month each one returning its fruit: and the leaves of the tree for the cure of the nations.
Wells » The occasion of feuds » Between isaac and abimelech
And all the wells which his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with dust And Abimelech will say to Isaak, Go from us: for thou wert strong above us exceedingly. And Isaak will go from thence, and will sit down in the valley of Gerar, and will dwell there. read more.
And Isaak will dwell, and he will dig the wells of waters which they digged in the days of Abraham his father; and the Philistines will stop them after Abraham died: and he will call them the names after the names which his father called them. And Isaak's servants will dig in the valley and will find there' a well of waters And the shepherds of Gerar will contend with Isaak's shepherds, saying; The waters are to us: and he will call the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. And they will dig another well, and will strive for that also: and he will call its name Sitnah. And he will remove from thence, and will dig another well; and they strove not for that: and he will call its name Rehoboth; and he will say, For now Jehovah made wide for us, and made us fruitful in the earth.
And it shall be in that day, and Isaak's servants will come and announce to him concerning the well which they digged, and they will say to him, We found water. And he will call it oath: for this the name of the city the well of the oath till this day.
Wells » Spiritual water of life » Universal call to partake of
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him hearing say, Come. And let him thirsting come. And let him wishing, take the water of life freely.
Wells » Mentioned in scripture » Beer (east of jordan)
And from thence the well; it is the well of which Jehovah said to Moses, Gather the people together and I will give to them water. The Israel will sing this song: Ascend thou well! answer ye to it. The leaders dug it, the nobles of the people dug it, by cutting in by their props. And from the desert to Mattanah.
Wells » Mentioned in scripture » Beer-sheba
And he will say, For the seven ewe lambs thou shalt take from my hand, in order to be to me for a testimony that I dug this well. For this he called that place, The well of the oath, for there they two aware.
Wells » Frequented by » Women who came to draw water
Behold, I stand at the fountain of waters, and the daughters of the men of the city come forth to draw water. And it shall be the girl to whom saying to her, incline now thy bucket, and I will drink; and she said, Drink, and I will also give thy camels to drink; thou didst appoint for thy servant Isaak; and by it I shall know that thou didst kindness with my lord.
Wells » Had troughs placed near for watering cattle
And she will finish to give him to drink, and will say, I will draw also for thy camels; till they finished drinking. And she will hasten and empty her bucket into the watering trough, and will run again to the well to draw, and will draw for all his camels.
Wells » Canaan abounded with
And houses full of all good which thou filledst not, and wells hewed out which thou hewedst not, and vineyards and olives which thou didst not plant; and thou atest and wert satisfied:
Wells » Spiritual water of life » The supply inexhaustible
For the Lamb in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall guide them to living fountains of water: and God shall wipe out every tear from their eyes.
Wells » Spiritual water of life » Unaffected by time and season
And it was in that day living waters went forth from Jerusalem: half of them to the former sea, and half of them to the last sea: in summer and in autumn shall it be.
Wells » Mentioned in scripture » Haran
And they gather there all the flocks; and they rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well and watered the sheep, and turned back the stone upon the mouth of the well to its place. And Jacob will say to them, My brethren, whence are ye? and they will say, We are from Haran.
Wells » Frequently made » In the courts of houses
And a boy will see them and be will announce to Absalom; and they two will go quickly and will come to the house of a man in Bahurim, and to him a well In his enclosure; and they will go down there,
Wells » Illustrative » Of the mouth of the righteous
A fountain of life the mouth of the just one: and violence shall cover the mouth of the unjust
Wells » Often covered to prevent their being filled with sand
And he will see, and behold, a well in the field, and behold there three flocks of sheep lying by it; for from that well they will water the flocks and the great stone upon the mouth of the well. And they gather there all the flocks; and they rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well and watered the sheep, and turned back the stone upon the mouth of the well to its place.
Wells » Supplied by springs
The understanding of him possessing it is a fountain of life: and the instruction of the foolish is folly.
Wells » Mentioned in scripture » Beer-lahai-roi
For this, the well was called, The well of him seeing me; behold, between Kadesh and between Bered.
Wells » Mentioned in scripture » Rehoboth
And he will remove from thence, and will dig another well; and they strove not for that: and he will call its name Rehoboth; and he will say, For now Jehovah made wide for us, and made us fruitful in the earth.
Wells » Mentioned in scripture » Sitnah
And they will dig another well, and will strive for that also: and he will call its name Sitnah.
Wells » Mentioned in scripture » Hagar
And God will open her eyes, and she will see a well of waters, and will go and fill the water skin with water, and will give the child to drink.
Wells » Mentioned in scripture » Esek
And the shepherds of Gerar will contend with Isaak's shepherds, saying; The waters are to us: and he will call the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
Wells » Illustrative » (drinking from one's own,) of enjoyment of domestic happiness
Wells » Illustrative » (a fruitful bough by,) of joseph's numerous posterity
Joseph a fruitful son, a fruitful son upon a fountain, the daughters mounting over a wall.
Wells » Strangers not to draw from, without permission
Now we will pass over in thy land: we will not pass through in the field and in the vineyard, and we will not drink the water of the well: the way of the king we will go; we will not incline to the right or to the left till we shall pass over thy boundary.
Wells » Water of, frequently sold
And the sons of Israel will say to him, By the highway will we come up; and if we shall drink of thy waters, I and my cattle, I gave a price: only not speaking, I will pass through on my feet. .
Wells » First mention of
For this, the well was called, The well of him seeing me; behold, between Kadesh and between Bered.
Wells » Spiritual water of life » Satisfies the deepest needs
In the last day, the great one of the festival, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any thirst, let him come to me, and drink. He believing in me, as said the writing, from his belly shall flow rivers of living waters.
Wells » Mentioned in scripture » Elim
And they will come to Ailam; and twelve fountains of water there, and seventy palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
Wells » Illustrative » (without water,) of hypocrites
These are fountains wanting water, clouds impelled by a hurricane; for whom the obscurity of darkness has been kept forever.
Wells » The occasion of feuds » Between abraham and abimelech
And Abraham rebuked Abimelech on account of the well of waters which Abimelech's servants took away by force. And Abimelech will say, I knew not who did this thing; and also thou didst not announce to me, and also I heard not except this day. And Abraham will take sheep and oxen, and give to Abimelech; and they two made a covenant read more.
And Abraham set, seven ewe lambs of the sheep alone. And Abimelech will say to Abraham, What here these seven ewe lambs which thou didst set alone? And he will say, For the seven ewe lambs thou shalt take from my hand, in order to be to me for a testimony that I dug this well.
Wells » Illustrative » Of the ordinances of the church
Wells » Supplied by the rain
Passing through in the valley of Baca they will set it a fountain; also the early rain will cover the ponds.
Wells » Spiritual water of life » Christ the source of
And Jesus answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who he is saying to thee, Give me to drink: thou hadst asked him, and he had given thee living water.
Wells » Of uzziah
And he will build towers in the desert, and hew out many wells: for there were many cattle to him; and in the low country and in the plain; and husbandmen and vine-dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he was loving the earth.
Wells » Often deep and difficult to draw from
The woman says to him, Lord, thou hest no vessel for drawing, and the well is deep; whence then hast thou the living water?
Wells » Mentioned in scripture » jacob
And Jacob's spring was there. Then Jesus, wearied with the journey, sat thus by the spring: it was about the sixth hour.
Wells » At haran
And the girl good of aspect exceedingly; a virgin, and man knew her not: and she will go down to the fountain and fill her bucket, and come up.
Wells » Of jacob
And Jacob's spring was there. Then Jesus, wearied with the journey, sat thus by the spring: it was about the sixth hour.
Wells » Of solomon
I made to me pools of waters to water from them the forest, causing trees to spring forth.
Topics on Wells
Stopping Wells
Genesis 26:15And all the wells which his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with dust
Wells, Figurative Use
2 Peter 2:17These are fountains wanting water, clouds impelled by a hurricane; for whom the obscurity of darkness has been kept forever.
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