Source of Job 28:10; Ps 104:8,10
Enclosed within banks Da 12:5
Flow through valleys Ps 104:8,10
SOME OF
Great and mighty Ge 15:18; Ps 74:15
Broad Isa 33:21
Rapid Jud 5:21
Parted into many streams Ge 2:10; Isa 11:5
Run into the sea Ec 1:7; Eze 47:8
God's power over, unlimited Isa 50:2; Na 1:4
USEFUL FOR
Supplying drink to the people Jer 2:18
Commerce Isa 23:3
Promoting vegetation Ge 2:10
Bathing Ex 2:5
Baptism often performed in Mt 3:6
Of Canaan abounded with fish Le 11:9,10
BANKS OF
Covered with flags Ex 2:3,5
Planted with trees Eze 47:7
Frequented by doves So 5:12
Frequented by wild beasts Jer 49:19
Places of common resort Ps 137:1
Frequently overflowed Jos 3:15; 1Ch 12:15
Peculiarly fruitful Ps 1:3; Isa 32:20
Gardens often made beside Nu 24:6
Cities often built beside Ps 46:4; 137:1
Often the boundaries of kingdoms Jos 22:25; 1Ki 4:24
MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
Of Eden Ge 2:10
Of Jotbath De 10:7
Of Ethiopia Isa 18:1
Of Babylon Ps 137:1
Of Egypt Ge 15:18
Of Damascus 2Ki 5:12
Of Ahava Ezr 8:15
Of Judah Joe 3:18
Of Philippi Ac 16:13
Abana 2Ki 5:12
Euphrates Ge 2:14
Gihon Ge 2:13
Hiddekel Ge 2:14
Kanah Jos 16:8
Kishon Jud 5:21
Pharpar 2Ki 5:12
Pison Ge 2:11
Ulai Da 8:16
Many, fordable in some places Ge 32:22; Jos 2:7; Isa 16:2
ILLUSTRATIVE
Of the abundance of grace in Christ Isa 32:2; Joh 1:16
Of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit Ps 46:4; Isa 41:18; 43:19,20; Joh 7:38,39
Of heavy afflictions Ps 69:2; Isa 43:2
Of people flying from judgments Isa 23:10
(Steady course of,) of peace of saints Isa 66:12
(Fruitfulness of trees planted by,) of the permanent prosperity of saints Ps 1:3; Jer 17:8
(Drying up of,) of God's judgments Isa 19:1-8; Jer 51:36; Na 1:4; Zec 10:11
(Overflowing of,) of God's judgments Isa 8:7,8; 28:2,18; Jer 47:2