What Does the Bible Say About Water?
Here are 6 Bible verses about water, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #1John 4:14
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
BSBBut whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- #2John 7:38
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
BSBWhoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
- #3John 3:5
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
BSBJesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
- #4Amos 5:24
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
BSBBut let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
- #5Revelation 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
BSBThe Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
- #6Isaiah 12:3
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
BSBWith joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
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Water in Torrey's Topical Textbook
- One of the elements of the world: Ge 1:2
- GOD ORIGINALLY
- Created the firmament to divide: Ge 1:6,7
- Collected into one place: Ge 1:9
- Created fowls and fishes, &c from: Ge 1:20,21
- Necessary to vegetation: Ge 2:5,6; Job 14:9; Isa 1:30
- Some plants particularly require: Job 8:11
- Necessary to the comfort and happiness of man: Isa 41:17; Zec 9:11
- COLLECTED IN
- Springs: Jos 15:19
- Pools: 1Ki 22:38; Ne 2:14
- Ponds: Ex 7:19; Isa 19:10
- Fountains: 1Ki 18:5; 2Ch 32:3
- Wells: Ge 21:19
- Brooks: 2Sa 17:20; 1Ki 18:5
- Streams: Ps 78:16; Isa 35:6
- Rivers: Isa 8:7; Jer 2:18
- The sea: Ge 1:9,10; Isa 11:9
- The clouds: Ge 1:7; Job 26:8,9
- Rises in vapour to the clouds: Ec 1:7; Ps 104:8
- Drops from the clouds in rain: De 11:11; 2Sa 21:10
- DESCRIBED AS
- Fluid: Ps 78:16; Pr 30:4
- Unstable: Ge 49:4
- Penetrating: Ps 109:18
- Reflecting images: Pr 27:9
- Wearing the hardest substances: Job 14:19
- Cleansing: Eze 36:25; Eph 5:26
- Refreshing: Job 22:7; Pr 25:25
- Congealed by cold: Job 38:29; Ps 147:16,17
- WAS USED BY JEWS
- As their principal beverage: Ge 24:43; 1Ki 13:19,22; 18:4; Ho 2:5
- For culinary purposes: Ex 12:9
- For washing the person: Ge 18:4; 24:32
- For legal purification: Ex 29:4; Heb 9:10,19
- Kept for purification in large waterpots: Joh 2:6
- Carried in vessels: Ge 21:14; 1Sa 26:11; Mr 14:13
- Artificial mode of conveying, into large cities: 2Ki 20:20
- Frequently brackish and unfit for use: Ex 15:23; 2Ki 2:19
- The want of, considered a great calamity: Ex 17:1-3; Nu 20:2; 2Ki 3:9,10; Isa 3:1
- In times of scarcity, sold at an enormous price: La 5:4
- MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
- Turned into blood: Ex 7:17,20
- Turned into wine: Joh 2:7-9
- Brought from the rock: Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11
- Brought from the jaw-bone of an ass
- Jud 15:19
- Consumed by fire from heaven: 1Ki 18:38
- Divided and made to stand on heap: Ex 14:21,22; Jos 3:16
- Trenches filled with: 2Ki 3:17-22
- Iron made to swim in: 2Ki 6:5,6
- Our Lord, &c walking on: Mt 14:26-29
- Healing powers communicated to: 2Ki 5:14; Joh 5:4; 9:7
- The world and its inhabitants once destroyed by: Ge 7:20-23; 2Pe 3:6
- The world not to be again destroyed by: Ge 9:8-15; 2Pe 3:7
- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the support of God: Isa 8:6
- Of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit: Isa 41:17,18; 44:3; Eze 36:25; Joh 7:38,39
- Of persecutors: Ps 124:4,5
- Of persecutions: Ps 88:17
- Of hostile armies: Isa 8:7; 17:13
- (Still,) of the ordinances of the gospel: Ps 23:2
- (Deep,) of severe affliction: Ps 66:12; 69:1; Isa 30:20; 43:2
- (Deep,) of counsel in the heart: Pr 20:5
- (Deep,) of the words of the wise: Pr 18:4
- (Poured out,) of the wrath of God: Ho 5:10
- (Poured out,) of faintness by terror: Ps 22:14
- (Pouring, out of buckets,) of a numerous progeny: Nu 24:7
- (Spilled on the ground,) of death: 2Sa 14:14
- (Its instability,) of a wavering disposition: Ge 49:4
- (Its weakness,) of faintness and cowardice: Jos 7:5; Eze 7:17
- (Difficulty of stopping,) of strife and contention: Pr 17:14
- (Rapidly flowing away,) of the career of the wicked: Job 24:18; Ps 58:7
- (Many,) of different nations and people: Re 17:1,15; Jer 51:13
- (Many,) of a variety of afflictions: 2Sa 22:17
- (Noise of many,) of the word of Christ: Re 1:15
- (Covering the sea,) of the general diffusion of the
- knowledge of God: Isa 11:9; Hab 2:14