Rivers

Source of Job 28:10; Psalm 104:8,10
Enclosed within banks Daniel 12:5
Flow through valleys Psalm 104:8,10
SOME OF
- Great and mighty Genesis 15:18; Psalm 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 Song of Solomon 5:12
- Frequented by wild beasts Jeremiah 49:19
- Places of common resort Psalm 137:1
- Frequently overflowed Joshua 3:15; 1 Chronicles 12:15
- Peculiarly fruitful Psalm 1:3; Isaiah 32:20
Gardens often made beside Numbers 24:6
Cities often built beside Psalm 46:4; 137:1
Often the boundaries of kingdoms Joshua 22:25; 1 Kings 4:24
MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Of Eden Genesis 2:10
- Of Jotbath Deuteronomy 10:7
- Of Ethiopia Isaiah 18:1
- Of Babylon Psalm 137:1
- Of Egypt Genesis 15:18
- Of Damascus 2 Kings 5:12
- Of Ahava Ezra 8:15
- Of Judah Joel 3:18
- Of Philippi Acts 16:13
- Abana 2 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 2 Kings 17:6; 1 Chronicles 5:26
- Hiddekel Genesis 2:14
- Jabbok Deuteronomy 2:37; Joshua 12:2
- Jordan Joshua 3:8; 2 Kings 5:10
- Kanah Joshua 16:8
- Kishon Judges 5:21
- Pharpar 2 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 Psalm 46:4; Isaiah 41:18; 43:19,20; John 7:38,39
- Of heavy afflictions Psalm 69:2; Isaiah 43:2
- Of abundance Job 20:17; 29:6
- 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 Psalm 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

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