18 occurrences

'Water' in the Bible

For my sighing comes {before} my bread, and my groanings gush forth like water

Verse ConceptsSighingIndigestion

Can papyrus grow tall where [there is] not a marsh? Will reeds flourish without water?

Verse ConceptsPlantsReedsMarshesPlants Growing Up

Look, [if] he withholds the water, then they dry up; and [if] he sends them out, then they overwhelm [the] land.

Verse ConceptsGod Drying Things UpFloods

at the scent of water it will bud, and it will put forth branches like a young plant.

[As] water disappears from a lake, and a river withers away and dries up,

Verse ConceptsRiverslakes

Water wears away stones; its torrents wash away [the] soil of [the] earth; so you destroy the hope of human beings.

Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterThings Wearing OutWithout Hope

{How much less} he who is abominable and corrupt, a man drinking wickedness like water.

Verse ConceptsGodly Fear, DescriptionLove, Abuse OfMan's Sinful NatureAll Have Sinnedcorruption

You have given no water [for the] weary to drink, and you withheld food from [the] hungry.

Verse ConceptsWaterNo FoodFeeding The Poor

or [it is so] dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

Verse ConceptsOvertaken By Darkness

Terrors overtake him like the water; a storm wind carries him off [in the] night.

Verse ConceptsFear Will ComeLike A Flood

My roots [were] open to water, and dew spent the night on my branches;

Verse ConceptsBranches, Figurative UsesdewMetaphorical Watering

What man [is] like Job, who drinks scorn like water?

Verse ConceptsInfidelity To GodUnique IndividualsScoffers

Indeed, he draws up [the] drops of water; he distills [the] rain into its mist,

Verse ConceptsNature

Can you lift up your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water may cover you?

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Irrigate (2 instances)