Brooks
24 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
17 sections
- (Deceptive) of False Friends
- (Drinking of, by the Way) of Help in Distress
- Abounded with Fish
- Afforded Protection to a Country
- Arnon
- Besor
- Borders of, Favourable to Grass
- Borders of, Favourable to Reeds
- Borders of, Favourable to Willows
- Canaan Abounded With
- Cherith
- Eshcol
- Gaash
- Kidron
- Kishon
- Often Ran Over Pebbles
- Zered
(Deceptive) of False Friends
- Job 6:15 But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
(Drinking of, by the Way) of Help in Distress
- Psalm 110:7 He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore He will lift up His head.
Abounded with Fish
- Isaiah 19:8 Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
Afforded Protection to a Country
- Isaiah 19:6 The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.
Arnon
- Numbers 21:14–15 Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: “Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon, …
Besor
- 1 Samuel 30:9 So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind
Borders of, Favourable to Grass
- 1 Kings 18:5 Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
Borders of, Favourable to Reeds
- Isaiah 19:7 The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.
Borders of, Favourable to Willows
- Leviticus 23:40 On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
- Job 40:22 The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
Canaan Abounded With
- Deuteronomy 8:7 For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;
Cherith
- 1 Kings 17:3 “Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
- 1 Kings 17:5 So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
Eshcol
- Numbers 13:23–24 When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs. …
Gaash
- 2 Samuel 23:30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash,
- 1 Chronicles 11:32 Hurai from the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
Kidron
- 2 Samuel 15:23 Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
- 1 Kings 15:13 He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
- John 18:1 After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.
Kishon
- 1 Kings 18:40 Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
- Psalm 83:9 Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
Often Ran Over Pebbles
- 1 Samuel 17:40 And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.
- Job 22:24 and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
Zered
- Deuteronomy 2:13 “Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.” So we crossed over the Brook of Zered.
Related topics
Brooks of Temporal AbundanceBrooks of the WillowsBrooks of WisdomHiddai
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.