11 occurrences

'River' in the Bible

From the waste land and this mountain Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea, in the west, will be your country.

Verse ConceptsempiresThe SunMediterranean SeaAs Far As The Euphratesbridgesborders

Go through the tents and give orders to the people, saying, Get ready a store of food; for in three days you are to go over this river Jordan and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Verse ConceptsCrossing Into The Promised LandRiver CrossingsPreparing Food

So the men went after them on the road to Jordan as far as the river-crossing: and when they had gone out after them, the door into the town was shut.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsPursuing PeopleShutting GatesFords

Then give your children the story, and say, Israel came over this river Jordan on dry land.

Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was living in Heshbon, ruling from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the town in the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, as far as the river Jabbok, the limits of the children of Ammon;

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsHalf Of DistrictsArnon

Then the line goes up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so to the north, in the direction of Gilgal, which is opposite the slope up to Adummim, on the south side of the river: and the line goes on to the waters of En-shemesh, ending at En-rogel:

From Tappuah the line goes on to the west to the river of Kanah; ending at the sea. This is the heritage of the children of Ephraim by their families;

And Joshua said to all the people, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: In the past your fathers, Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor, were living on the other side of the River: and they were worshipping other gods.

Verse ConceptsPast, TheHistory Of NationsDifferent GodsServing One's Own GodsBeyond The EuphratesSpecial Revelation

And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, guiding him through all the land of Canaan; I made his offspring great in number, and gave him Isaac.

Verse ConceptsChildren, attitudes towardsChildren, A Gift From GodGod Multipling PeopleBeyond The Euphrates

So now, go in fear of the Lord, and be his servants with true hearts: put away the gods worshipped by your fathers across the River and in Egypt, and be servants of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Godethics, personalReverence, And God's NatureSincerity, In Christian LivingFear Of GodSincereityAbandoning ThingsPutting Away Other GodsServing One's Own GodsBeyond The EuphratesFear God!Serving God

And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillAge, Glories OfFamily, Worship InChoicesdoubt, results ofFamilies, Examples OfGood Decision Making ExamplesIntentionsHeads Of The FamilyChoosingFaithful, Choose To RemainZeal, ReligiousLife's PurposeEmployers, Good ExamplesChoosing God's WayBehold Me!Encouraged To Serve Foreign godsServing One's Own GodsBeyond The EuphratesServingServing God

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