Water

110 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.

80 sections

(Covering the Sea) of the General Diffusion of The
(Deep) of Counsel in the Heart
(Deep) of Severe Affliction
(Deep) of the Words of the Wise
(Difficulty of Stopping) of Strife and Contention
(Its Instability) of a Wavering Disposition
(Its Weakness) of Faintness and Cowardice
(Many) of a Variety of Afflictions
(Many) of Different Nations and People
(Noise of Many) of the Word of Christ
(Poured Out) Faintness by Terror
(Poured Out) the Wrath of God
(Pouring, out of Buckets) a Numerous Progeny
(Rapidly Flowing Away) the Career of the Wicked
(Spilled on the Ground) Death
(Still) the Ordinances of the Gospel
Artificial Mode of Conveying, Into Large Cities
Carried in Vessels
Changed to Wine
City Waterworks
Cleansing
Collected in Brooks
Collected in Fountains
Collected in Ponds
Collected in Pools
Collected in Rivers
Collected in Springs
Collected in Streams
Collected in The Clouds
Collected in The Sea
Collected in Wells
Congealed by Cold
Covered the Whole Earth
Creation of
Daily Allowance of
Domestic Love
Drops from the Clouds in Rain
Fluid
Frequently Brackish and Unfit for Use
God Originally: Collected Into One Place
God Originally: Created Fowls and Fishes From
God Originally: Created the Firmament to Divide
Jesus Walks Upon
Kept for Purification in Large Waterpots
Libation of
Miracles Connected With: Brought from the Jaw-Bone of an Ass
Miracles Connected With: Brought from the Rock
Miracles Connected With: Consumed by Fire from Heaven
Miracles Connected With: Divided and Made to Stand on Heap
Miracles Connected With: Healing Powers Communicated To
Miracles Connected With: Iron Made to Swim In
Miracles Connected With: Our Lord Walking On
Miracles Connected With: Trenches Filled With
Miracles Connected With: Turned Into Blood
Miracles Connected With: Turned Into Wine
Miraculously Supplied: To Jehoshaphat's Army
Miraculously Supplied: To Samson
Miraculously Supplied: To the Israelites
Necessary to the Comfort and Happiness of Man
Necessary to Vegetation
One of the Elements of the World
Penetrating
Purified by Elisha
Red Sea Divided
Reflecting Images
Refreshing
Rises in Vapour to the Clouds
some Plants Particularly Require
Symbolical
The Jordan River
The Want of, Considered a Great Calamity
The World and Its Inhabitants Once Destroyed By
The World not to be Again Destroyed By
Turned Into Blood
Unstable
Vision of, by Ezekiel
Water of Affliction
Water of Life
Water of Salvation
Wearing the Hardest Substances

(Covering the Sea) of the General Diffusion of The

Isaiah 11:9 They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
Habakkuk 2:14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.

(Deep) of Counsel in the Heart

Proverbs 20:5 The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.

(Deep) of Severe Affliction

Psalm 66:12 You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.
Psalm 69:1 Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
Isaiah 30:20 The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself — with your own eyes you will see Him.
Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

(Deep) of the Words of the Wise

Proverbs 18:4 The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.

(Difficulty of Stopping) of Strife and Contention

Proverbs 17:14 To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

(Its Instability) of a Wavering Disposition

Genesis 49:4 Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.

(Its Weakness) of Faintness and Cowardice

Joshua 7:5 And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
Ezekiel 7:17 Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water.

(Many) of a Variety of Afflictions

2 Samuel 22:17 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.

(Many) of Different Nations and People

Revelation 17:1 Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
Revelation 17:15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
Jeremiah 51:13 You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.

(Noise of Many) of the Word of Christ

Revelation 1:15 His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.

(Poured Out) Faintness by Terror

Psalm 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

(Poured Out) the Wrath of God

Hosea 5:10 The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.

(Pouring, out of Buckets) a Numerous Progeny

Numbers 24:7 Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.

(Rapidly Flowing Away) the Career of the Wicked

Job 24:18 They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
Psalm 58:7 May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.

(Spilled on the Ground) Death

2 Samuel 14:14 For we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.

(Still) the Ordinances of the Gospel

Psalm 23:2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

Artificial Mode of Conveying, Into Large Cities

2 Kings 20:20 As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

Carried in Vessels

Genesis 21:14 Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
1 Samuel 26:11 But the LORD forbid that I should extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”
Mark 14:13 So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him,

Changed to Wine

John 2:1–11 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, …

City Waterworks

2 Kings 20:20 As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

Cleansing

Ezekiel 36:25 I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
Ephesians 5:26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

Collected in Brooks

2 Samuel 17:20 When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
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.”

Collected in Fountains

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.”
2 Chronicles 32:3 he consulted with his leaders and mighty men about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.

Collected in Ponds

Exodus 7:19 And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt— over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs— that they may become blood.’ There will be blood …
Isaiah 19:10 The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the hired workers will be sick at heart.

Collected in Pools

1 Kings 22:38 And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.
Nehemiah 2:14 Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;

Collected in Rivers

Isaiah 8:7 the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates— the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
Jeremiah 2:18 Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?

Collected in Springs

Joshua 15:19 “Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.

Collected in Streams

Psalm 78:16 He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.
Isaiah 35:6 Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

Collected in The Clouds

Genesis 1:7 So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
Job 26:8–9 He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight. …

Collected in The Sea

Genesis 1:9–10 And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so. …
Isaiah 11:9 They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.

Collected in Wells

Genesis 21:19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

Congealed by Cold

Job 38:29 From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
Psalm 147:16–17 He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes; …

Covered the Whole Earth

Genesis 1:9 And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.

Creation of

Psalm 148:4–5 Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies. …

Daily Allowance of

Ezekiel 4:11 You are also to measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink, and you are to drink it at set times.

Domestic Love

Proverbs 5:15 Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.

Drops from the Clouds in Rain

Deuteronomy 11:11 But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven.
2 Samuel 21:10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on …

Fluid

Psalm 78:16 He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.
Proverbs 30:4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son— surely you know!

Frequently Brackish and Unfit for Use

Exodus 15:23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
2 Kings 2:19 Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”

God Originally: Collected Into One Place

Genesis 1:9 And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.

God Originally: Created Fowls and Fishes From

Genesis 1:20–21 And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.” …

God Originally: Created the Firmament to Divide

Genesis 1:6–7 And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.” …

Jesus Walks Upon

Matthew 14:25 During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.

Kept for Purification in Large Waterpots

John 2:6 Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.

Libation of

1 Samuel 7:6 When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

Miracles Connected With: Brought from the Jaw-Bone of an Ass

Judges 15:19 So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.

Miracles Connected With: Brought from the Rock

Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Numbers 20:11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.

Miracles Connected With: Consumed by Fire from Heaven

1 Kings 18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.

Miracles Connected With: Divided and Made to Stand on Heap

Exodus 14:21–22 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, …
Joshua 3:16 the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

Miracles Connected With: Healing Powers Communicated To

2 Kings 5:14 So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.
John 5:4
John 9:7 Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.

Miracles Connected With: Iron Made to Swim In

2 Kings 6:5–6 As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!” …

Miracles Connected With: Our Lord Walking On

Matthew 14:26–29 When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear. …

Miracles Connected With: Trenches Filled With

2 Kings 3:17–22 For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink— you and your cattle and your animals.’ …

Miracles Connected With: Turned Into Blood

Exodus 7:17 This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.
Exodus 7:20 Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.

Miracles Connected With: Turned Into Wine

John 2:7–9 Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim. …

Miraculously Supplied: To Jehoshaphat's Army

2 Kings 3:16–20 and he said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Dig this valley full of ditches.’ …

Miraculously Supplied: To Samson

Judges 15:19 So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.

Miraculously Supplied: To the Israelites

Exodus 17:1 Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Numbers 20:11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.

Necessary to the Comfort and Happiness of Man

Isaiah 41:17 The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Zechariah 9:11 As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

Necessary to Vegetation

Genesis 2:5–6 Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. …
Job 14:9 at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.
Isaiah 1:30 For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, like a garden without water.

One of the Elements of the World

Genesis 1:2 Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Penetrating

Psalm 109:18 The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

Purified by Elisha

2 Kings 2:19–22 Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.” …

Red Sea Divided

Exodus 14:21–22 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, …

Reflecting Images

Proverbs 27:9 Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.

Refreshing

Job 22:7 You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
Proverbs 25:25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

Rises in Vapour to the Clouds

Ecclesiastes 1:7 All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
Psalm 104:8 the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them —

some Plants Particularly Require

Job 8:11 Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

Symbolical

Isaiah 8:7 the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates— the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
Revelation 8:11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.
Revelation 12:15 Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.
Revelation 16:4 And the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they turned to blood.
Revelation 17:1 Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
Revelation 17:15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

The Jordan River

Joshua 3:14–17 So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them. …
2 Kings 2:6–8 And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on. …
2 Kings 2:14 Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.

The Want of, Considered a Great Calamity

Exodus 17:1–3 Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. …
Numbers 20:2 Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron.
2 Kings 3:9–10 So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals. …
Isaiah 3:1 For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,

The World and Its Inhabitants Once Destroyed By

Genesis 7:20–23 The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits. …
2 Peter 3:6 through which the world of that time perished in the flood.

The World not to be Again Destroyed By

Genesis 9:8–15 Then God said to Noah and his sons with him, …
2 Peter 3:7 And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

Turned Into Blood

Revelation 16:3–5 And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died. …

Unstable

Genesis 49:4 Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.

Vision of, by Ezekiel

Ezekiel 47:1–5 Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the …

Water of Affliction

2 Samuel 22:17 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
Psalm 69:1 Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
Isaiah 30:20 The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself — with your own eyes you will see Him.
Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

Water of Life

John 4:14 But 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.”
John 7:37–39 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. …
Revelation 21:6 And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
Revelation 22:17 The 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.

Water of Salvation

Isaiah 12:3 With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
Isaiah 49:10 They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
Isaiah 55:1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
Ezekiel 36:25 I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
John 4:10 Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
John 7:38 Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”

Wearing the Hardest Substances

Job 14:19 as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.