29 occurrences

'Waters' in the Bible

“Inasmuch as these people have rejected the gently flowing waters of ShiloahAnd rejoice in Rezin and the son of Remaliah;

Verse ConceptsRejection Of GodTrust, Lack Of

“Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the strong and abundant waters of the Euphrates,Even the king of Assyria and all his glory;And it will rise up over all its channels and go over all its banks.

Verse ConceptsChaosLike A Flood

For the waters of Nimrim are desolate.Surely the grass is withered, the tender grass died out,There is no green thing.

Verse ConceptsColors, GreendrynessGrassGrass Withered

For the waters of Dimon are full of blood;Surely I will bring added woes upon Dimon,A lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.

Verse ConceptsSurvivors DestroyedTurned To Blood

Alas, the uproar of many peoplesWho roar like the roaring of the seas,And the rumbling of nationsWho rush on like the rumbling of mighty waters!

Verse ConceptsSeaThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical References

The nations rumble on like the rumbling of many waters,But He will rebuke them and they will flee far away,And be chased like chaff in the mountains before the wind,Or like whirling dust before a gale.

Verse ConceptsChaffWindWhirlwindsLight As ChaffRoar Of NationsGod Requite Them!

Which sends envoys by the sea,Even in papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters.Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth,To a people feared far and wide,A powerful and oppressive nationWhose land the rivers divide.

Verse ConceptsBabylonenvoyPapyrusDivision Of WatersTall PeopleSea TravelBoatsWaters DividingFearing Other People

The waters from the sea will dry up,And the river will be parched and dry.

Verse ConceptsWaters Drying UpRiver NileRiversCauses of failure in

And the fishermen will lament,And all those who cast a line into the Nile will mourn,And those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.

Verse ConceptsFishesLamentingNetsOccupationsFishermen

And you saw that the breachesIn the wall of the city of David were many;And you collected the waters of the lower pool.

Verse ConceptsPoolsDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallThe Act Of OpeningOpening Walls

And you made a reservoir between the two wallsFor the waters of the old pool.But you did not depend on Him who made it,Nor did you take into consideration Him who planned it long ago.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConfidenceFalse Confidence, Examples OfFalse ConfidencePoolsGod Planning Of OldDoubting GodGod's Plans

And were on many waters.The grain of the Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue;And she was the market of nations.

Verse ConceptsMarkets

Behold, the Lord has a strong and mighty agent;As a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction,Like a storm of mighty overflowing waters,He has cast it down to the earth with His hand.

Verse ConceptsBitingHailRainGod Giving StrengthGod Gives Strength

“I will make justice the measuring lineAnd righteousness the level;Then hail will sweep away the refuge of liesAnd the waters will overflow the secret place.

Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfPlumb LineAccuracy

How blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,Who let out freely the ox and the donkey.

Verse ConceptsCowsPlanting SeedsSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

Then the lame will leap like a deer,And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy.For waters will break forth in the wildernessAnd streams in the Arabah.

Verse ConceptsLeapingCripplesLamenessTonguePeople JumpingRunning Water From GodDumbnessRenewedDumbDeserts Used FigurativelyDeer Etc.Deerjumping

Do not listen to Hezekiah,’ for thus says the king of Assyria, ‘Make your peace with me and come out to me, and eat each of his vine and each of his fig tree and drink each of the waters of his own cistern,

Verse ConceptsCisternsVinesDo Not Listen!

‘I dug wells and drank waters,And with the sole of my feet I dried upAll the rivers of Egypt.’

Verse ConceptsdrynessWaterPeople Drying Things Upbridges

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,And marked off the heavens by the span,And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure,And weighed the mountains in a balanceAnd the hills in a pair of scales?

Verse ConceptsBalance In LifeBreadthDivine BalancesHand Of GodHillsNatureBalances, Metaphorical UseStrength, DivineWeighingNumerous As DustHollowScienceThe OceanbalancedustweightmeasurementThe Vastness Of Nature

Thus says the Lord,Who makes a way through the seaAnd a path through the mighty waters,

Verse ConceptsOceansMaking RoadsThe Sea DividedThe OceanThe Seafootprints

“The beasts of the field will glorify Me,The jackals and the ostriches,Because I have given waters in the wildernessAnd rivers in the desert,To give drink to My chosen people.

Verse ConceptsHonorWaterBlessing In The WildernessGod Providing WaterWild Beasts SubduedOstriches

Was it not You who dried up the sea,The waters of the great deep;Who made the depths of the sea a pathwayFor the redeemed to cross over?

Verse ConceptsdrynessStrength, DivineGod Drying Things UpMaking RoadsA Way Through The Red SeaThe Sea DividedDeep SeasThe SeaOvercoming Obstaclesfootprintsredeemed

“For this is like the days of Noah to Me,When I swore that the waters of NoahWould not flood the earth again;So I have sworn that I will not be angry with youNor will I rebuke you.

Verse ConceptsFlood, TheCovenant, God's with NoahBefore The FloodThe DelugeGod Swearing BlessingsGod Will No More Be AngryNoah's FloodTimes Of PeopleThe RainbowFloodsRainbowrebukingcredibility

But the wicked are like the tossing sea,For it cannot be quiet,And its waters toss up refuse and mud.

Verse ConceptsTroubleSeaWicked Described AsUnrestThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical ReferencesUnclean Things

Who caused His glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses,Who divided the waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name,

Verse ConceptsArmsPower Of God, DescribedArm Of GodDivision Of WatersWaters DividedBlessings For The Right Hand

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