Bible verses about Water

(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

One of the elements of the world
Genesis 1:2
GOD ORIGINALLY
- Created the firmament to divide
  Genesis 1:6,7
- Collected into one place
  Genesis 1:9
- Created fowls and fishes, &c from
  Genesis 1:20,21
Necessary to vegetation
Genesis 2:5,6; Job 14:9; Isaiah 1:30
Some plants particularly require
Job 8:11
Necessary to the comfort and happiness of man
Isaiah 41:17; Zechariah 9:11
COLLECTED IN
- Springs
  Joshua 15:19
- Pools
  I Kings 22:38; Nehemiah 2:14
- Ponds
  Exodus 7:19; Isaiah 19:10
- Fountains
  I Kings 18:5; II Chronicles 32:3
- Wells
  Genesis 21:19
- Brooks
  II Samuel 17:20; I Kings 18:5
- Streams
  Psalms 78:16; Isaiah 35:6
- Rivers
  Isaiah 8:7; Jeremiah 2:18
- The sea
  Genesis 1:9,10; Isaiah 11:9
- The clouds
  Genesis 1:7; Job 26:8,9
Rises in vapour to the clouds
Ecclesiastes 1:7; Psalms 104:8
Drops from the clouds in rain
Deuteronomy 11:11; II Samuel 21:10
DESCRIBED AS
- Fluid
  Psalms 78:16; Proverbs 30:4
- Unstable
  Genesis 49:4
- Penetrating
  Psalms 109:18
- Reflecting images
  Proverbs 27:9
- Wearing the hardest substances
  Job 14:19
- Cleansing
  Ezekiel 36:25; Ephesians 5:26
- Refreshing
  Job 22:7; Proverbs 25:25
Congealed by cold
Job 38:29; Psalms 147:16,17
WAS USED BY JEWS
- As their principal beverage
  Genesis 24:43; I Kings 13:19,22; 18:4; Hosea 2:5
- For culinary purposes
  Exodus 12:9
- For washing the person
  Genesis 18:4; 24:32
- For legal purification
  Exodus 29:4; Hebrews 9:10,19
Kept for purification in large waterpots
John 2:6
Carried in vessels
Genesis 21:14; I Samuel 26:11; Mark 14:13
Artificial mode of conveying, into large cities
II Kings 20:20
Frequently brackish and unfit for use
Exodus 15:23; II Kings 2:19
The want of, considered a great calamity
Exodus 17:1-3; Numbers 20:2; II Kings 3:9,10; Isaiah 3:1
In times of scarcity, sold at an enormous price
Lamentations 5:4
MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
- Turned into blood
  Exodus 7:17,20
- Turned into wine
  John 2:7-9
- Brought from the rock
  Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:11
- Brought from the jaw-bone of an ass
  Judges 15:19
- Consumed by fire from heaven
  I Kings 18:38
- Divided and made to stand on heap
  Exodus 14:21,22; Joshua 3:16
- Trenches filled with
  II Kings 3:17-22
- Iron made to swim in
  II Kings 6:5,6
- Our Lord, &c walking on
  Matthew 14:26-29
- Healing powers communicated to
  II Kings 5:14; John 5:4; 9:7
The world and its inhabitants once destroyed by
Genesis 7:20-23; II Peter 3:6
The world not to be again destroyed by
Genesis 9:8-15; II Peter 3:7
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the support of God
  Isaiah 8:6
- Of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit
  Isaiah 41:17,18; 44:3; Ezekiel 36:25; John 7:38,39
- Of persecutors
  Psalms 124:4,5
- Of persecutions
  Psalms 88:17
- Of hostile armies
  Isaiah 8:7; 17:13
- (Still,) of the ordinances of the gospel
  Psalms 23:2
- (Deep,) of severe affliction
  Psalms 66:12; 69:1; Isaiah 30:20; 43:2
- (Deep,) of counsel in the heart
  Proverbs 20:5
- (Deep,) of the words of the wise
  Proverbs 18:4
- (Poured out,) of the wrath of God
  Hosea 5:10
- (Poured out,) of faintness by terror
  Psalms 22:14
- (Pouring, out of buckets,) of a numerous progeny
  Numbers 24:7
- (Spilled on the ground,) of death
  II Samuel 14:14
- (Its instability,) of a wavering disposition
  Genesis 49:4
- (Its weakness,) of faintness and cowardice
  Joshua 7:5; Ezekiel 7:17
- (Difficulty of stopping,) of strife and contention
  Proverbs 17:14
- (Rapidly flowing away,) of the career of the wicked
  Job 24:18; Psalms 58:7
- (Many,) of different nations and people
  Revelation 17:1,15; Jeremiah 51:13
- (Many,) of a variety of afflictions
  II Samuel 22:17
- (Noise of many,) of the word of Christ
  Revelation 1:15
- (Covering the sea,) of the general diffusion of the knowledge of God
  Isaiah 11:9; Habakkuk 2:14

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