Topic
Waters
14 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 7:5ISBE
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
- 2 Samuel 5:20ISBE
And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
- Job 3:24ISBE
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
- Job 11:16ISBE
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
- Psalms 23:2ISBE
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
- Psalms 79:3ISBE
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
- Proverbs 5:15ISBE
¶ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
- Proverbs 9:17ISBE
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
- Isaiah 28:2ISBE
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
- Isaiah 32:2ISBE
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
- Isaiah 43:2ISBE
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
- Hosea 5:10ISBE
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
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- Amos 5:24 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 11:26 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 14 references
wo'-terz (mayim, plural of may, "water"; in the New Testament hudor, "water"; kindunois potamon (2Co 11:26), the King James Version "perils of waters," is in the Revised Version (British and American) "perils of rivers"): In the New Testament there is frequent reference to the water of baptism. Pilate washes his hands with water to signify his guiltlessness. Jesus tells the Samaritan woman of the living water. The Lamb shall guide the redeemed unto fountains of waters of life.
The uses of mayim are well classified in BDB, especially the figurative references, as follows: a symbol of distress, "when thou passest through the waters" (Isa 43:2); of force, "like the breach of waters" (2Sa 5:20); of that which is overwhelming, "a tempest of mighty waters overflowing" (Isa 28:2); of fear, "The hearts of the people .... became as water" (Jos 7:5); of transitoriness, "Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away" (Job 11:16); of refreshment, "as streams of water in a dry place" (Isa 32:2); of peace, "He leadeth me beside still waters" (Ps 23:2); of legitimate pleasures, "waters out of thine own cistern" (Pr 5:15); of illegitimate pleasures, "Stolen waters are sweet" (Pr 9:17); of that which is poured out abundantly, blood (Ps 79:3), wrath (Ho 5:10), justice (Am 5:24), groanings (Job 3:24).
Alfred Ely Day
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.