Bible verses about Rivers
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)
- Source of
Job 28:10; Psalms 104:8,10- Enclosed within banks
Daniel 12:5- Flow through valleys
Psalms 104:8,10- SOME OF
- Great and mighty
Genesis 15:18; Psalms 74:15
- Deep
Ezekiel 47:5; Zechariah 10:11
- Broad
Isaiah 33:21
- Rapid
Judges 5:21
- Parted into many streams
Genesis 2:10; Isaiah 11:5- Run into the sea
Ecclesiastes 1:7; Ezekiel 47:8- God's power over, unlimited
Isaiah 50:2; Nahum 1:4- USEFUL FOR
- Supplying drink to the people
Jeremiah 2:18
- Commerce
Isaiah 23:3
- Promoting vegetation
Genesis 2:10
- Bathing
Exodus 2:5- Baptism often performed in
Matthew 3:6- Of Canaan abounded with fish
Leviticus 11:9,10- BANKS OF
- Covered with flags
Exodus 2:3,5
- Planted with trees
Ezekiel 47:7
- Frequented by doves
Solomon 5:12
- Frequented by wild beasts
Jeremiah 49:19
- Places of common resort
Psalms 137:1
- Frequently overflowed
Joshua 3:15; I Chronicles 12:15
- Peculiarly fruitful
Psalms 1:3; Isaiah 32:20- Gardens often made beside
Numbers 24:6- Cities often built beside
Psalms 46:4; 137:1- Often the boundaries of kingdoms
Joshua 22:25; I Kings 4:24- MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Of Eden
Genesis 2:10
- Of Jotbath
Deuteronomy 10:7
- Of Ethiopia
Isaiah 18:1
- Of Babylon
Psalms 137:1
- Of Egypt
Genesis 15:18
- Of Damascus
II Kings 5:12
- Of Ahava
Ezra 8:15
- Of Judah
Joel 3:18
- Of Philippi
Acts 16:13
- Abana
II Kings 5:12
- Arnon
Deuteronomy 2:36; Joshua 12:1
- Chebar
Ezekiel 1:1,3; 10:15,20
- Euphrates
Genesis 2:14
- Gihon
Genesis 2:13
- Gozan
II Kings 17:6; I Chronicles 5:26
- Hiddekel
Genesis 2:14
- Jabbok
Deuteronomy 2:37; Joshua 12:2
- Jordan
Joshua 3:8; II Kings 5:10
- Kanah
Joshua 16:8
- Kishon
Judges 5:21
- Pharpar
II Kings 5:12
- Pison
Genesis 2:11
- Ulai
Daniel 8:16- Many, fordable in some places
Genesis 32:22; Joshua 2:7; Isaiah 16:2- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the abundance of grace in Christ
Isaiah 32:2; John 1:16
- Of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit
Psalms 46:4; Isaiah 41:18; 43:19,20; John 7:38,39
- Of heavy afflictions
Psalms 69:2; Isaiah 43:2
- Of people flying from judgments
Isaiah 23:10
- (Steady course of,) of peace of saints
Isaiah 66:12
- (Fruitfulness of trees planted by,) of the permanent prosperity of saints
Psalms 1:3; Jeremiah 17:8
- (Drying up of,) of God's judgments
Isaiah 19:1-8; Jeremiah 51:36; Nahum 1:4; Zechariah 10:11
- (Overflowing of,) of God's judgments
Isaiah 8:7,8; 28:2,18; Jeremiah 47:2