20 occurrences in 9 translations

'Torrents' in the Bible

and Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the fountains of water and to all the torrents, perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and the mules alive, so that we may not have to destroy some of our beasts.

Verse ConceptsGrassMulesFeeding AnimalsKept Alive By Men

“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi,Like the torrents of wadis which vanish,

as water wears away stonesand torrents wash away the soil from the land,so You destroy a man’s hope.

Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterThings Wearing OutWithout Hope

He won't look at the rivers the torrents of honey and curd.

Verse ConceptsButterMilk And Honey

And put the precious ore with the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrents,

Verse ConceptsBrooks

“They must dwell on the slopes of wadisAnd in holes in the ground and in rocks.

Verse ConceptsRocksPeople In Caves

“Who has prepared a channel for the torrents of rain and for the flood,Or a path for the thunderbolt,

Verse ConceptsNatureRainWater ChannelGod Controlling The Rain

You broke open springs and torrents;You dried up ever-flowing streams.

Verse ConceptsdrynessRivers And StreamsGod Providing WaterGod Drying Things Up

Look! He struck the rock and water gushed out;torrents overflowed.But can He also provide breador furnish meat for His people?”

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialStriking RocksGod Providing WaterProvision From RocksGod Feeds All The Earth

Restore our captivity, O Lord,As the stream-beds in the South (the Negev) [are restored by torrents of rain].

Verse ConceptsRestoring Nations

And the torrents thereof shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone; yea, the land thereof shall become burning pitch:

Verse ConceptsBitumen and tarMineralsBrimstoneFire Of JudgementSulphur

then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and torrents in the desert.

Verse ConceptsLeapingCripplesLamenessTonguePeople JumpingRunning Water From GodDumbnessRenewedDumbDeserts Used FigurativelyDeer Etc.Deerjumping

With pestilence and with bloodshed I will enter into judgment with Gog; and I will rain on him torrents of rain with [great] hailstones, fire and brimstone on his hordes and on the many nations that are with him.

Verse ConceptsRainWeather, As God's JudgmentBrimstoneGod KillingFire From HeavenFire Of JudgementSulphurGod Will Kill The PeoplesEzekiel Invasion

Justice must flow like torrents of water, righteous actions like a stream that never dries up.

Verse ConceptsGod, Will OfRighteousness, Of BelieversEternal BlessingRiversSportsFloodsfairnesswaterfalls

The gates of the rivers [surrounding Nineveh] are openedAnd the palace [of sun-dried brick] is dissolved [by the torrents].

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesCity GatesFear Of Other Things

The mountains saw thee, they were in travail: Torrents of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, Lifted up its hands on high.

Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterMountains QuakingLifting HandsDeep Seas

and the heavy rain falls, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and beat against the house; yet it does not fall, for its foundation is on rock.

Verse ConceptsRainFoundations Of BuildingsRosesFloods

The heavy rain descends, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and burst upon the house, and it falls; and disastrous is the fall."

Verse ConceptsRainThe Insecurity Of The WickedSpiritual FailureDestruction Of HousesThings FallingRosesFloods

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