6 occurrences

'Overflow' in the Bible

You brood of vipers, how can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

Verse ConceptsBad PeopleSnakesParents SinThings Like SnakesNothing GoodBeware Of Your Speechmath

The [intrinsically] good man produces what is good and honorable and moral out of the good treasure [stored] in his heart; and the [intrinsically] evil man produces what is wicked and depraved out of the evil [in his heart]; for his mouth speaks from the overflow of his heart.

Verse ConceptsBad ThoughtsBad PeopleBad LanguageBackbitingImagination, Inward DesiresSin, Nature OfSpeech, Power And Significance OfControlling Your ThoughtsCursingPowers Of SpeechGood PeoplePersonal GoodAbundanceclosure

But the free gift [of God] is not like the trespass [because the gift of grace overwhelms the fall of man]. For if many died by one man’s trespass [Adam’s sin], much more [abundantly] did God’s grace and the gift [that comes] by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow to [benefit] the many.

Verse ConceptsAdam and Jesus ChristGod's attitude towards peopleParticipation, In ChristAbounding, Good ThingsGrace, Description OfSalvation, As A GiftSaving GraceGrowth In GraceMany Seeking SalvationSin Producing DeathNot Like ThingsOnly One PersonSin Produces DeathThe Grace Of ChristThe Grace Of GodGod's Grace

What shall we say [to all this]? Should we continue in sin and practice sin as a habit so that [God’s gift of] grace may increase and overflow?

Verse ConceptsAbuse, Of Spiritual ThingsGrowth In GraceContinual SinContinuing In SinLiving In SinGraceGod's GraceAbusePersistenceMercy And Grace

For just as Christ’s sufferings are ours in abundance [as they overflow to His followers], so also our comfort [our reassurance, our encouragement, our consolation] is abundant through Christ [it is truly more than enough to endure what we must].

Verse ConceptsGenerosity, God'sParticipation, In ChristSelf PityAbounding, Good ThingsAfflictions, Consolation DuringGod Will ComfortParticipation In Christ SufferingsPeace And ComfortFinding Comfort In Christ

Bible Theasaurus

Flood (99 instances)
Outpouring (5 instances)
Overflow (58 instances)
Overrun (12 instances)
Runoff (1 instance)