18 occurrences in 13 translations

'River' in the Bible

In the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBarbersBaldnessBeardsHairsHiringLegsShavingRazorsThe Hair Of The BodyTrimming Facial HairCutting HairBeyond The EuphratesHair

Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

Verse ConceptsChaosLike A Flood

And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.

Verse ConceptsdrynessRivers And StreamsWindThe Prophecy Towards EgyptSeven ThingsGod Drying Things UpOther References To The Red SeaRiver Euphrates

Therefore they carry [the] abundance it has made and their store of goods over the river of the poplars.

Like fluttering birds, like an abandoned nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon River.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsArnonFordsRiver ArnonBirdswandering

And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

Verse ConceptsWaters Drying UpRiver NileRiversCauses of failure in

The reeds by the Nile, by the mouth of the river,and all the cultivated areas of the Nilewill wither, blow away, and vanish.

Verse ConceptsBooks

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.

Verse ConceptsFishesLamentingNetsOccupationsFishermen

The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning the Desert of the Sea (the seasonally flooded plains just south of Babylon):As windstorms in the Negev (the South) sweep through,So it (God’s judgment) comes from the desert, from [the hostile armies of] a terrifying land.

Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsVisions From God

And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.

Verse ConceptsMarkets

Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsThreshingGathering IsraelAs Far As The Euphrates

See, the Lord has a strong and cruel one; like a rain of ice, a storm of destruction, like the overflowing of a strong river, he will violently overcome them.

Verse ConceptsBitingHailRainGod Giving StrengthGod Gives Strength

His battle cry overwhelms like a flooding river that reaches one's neck. He shakes the nations in a sieve that isolates the chaff; he puts a bit into the mouth of the nations and leads them to destruction.

Verse ConceptsBridlesdrossHorsesSiftingSievingBinding As AnimalsLike A Flood

Blessed (happy, fortunate) are you who cast your seed upon all waters [when the river overflows its banks and irrigates the land],You who allow the ox and the donkey to roam freely.

Verse ConceptsCowsPlanting SeedsSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

The land mourns and dries out,Lebanon is shamed and [its lush foliage] withers;Sharon is like a desert plain,And Bashan and [Mount] Carmel shake off their leaves.

Verse ConceptsdrynessThe Prophecy Towards LebanonMourning Due To Catastrophe

For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

Verse ConceptsAffluenceKneelingPeace, Promised ToKneesJerusalem In Millennial KingdomRiversHealing And ComfortPeace And ComfortPeace And StrengthFloodsBlessings And ProsperityWealth And Prosperitybreasts

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