Bible Verses About Rivers

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Ashur captured Shomron. He carried Isra'el away captive to Ashur, resettling them in Halach, in Havor on the Gozan River and in the cities of the Medes.

So the God of Isra'el stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Ashur and the spirit of Tilgat-Piln'eser king of Ashur; and he carried them away as captives - the Re'uveni, the Gadi and the half-tribe of M'nasheh - and brought them to Halach, Havor, Hara and to the Gozan River, where they are to this day.

These are the men who crossed the Yarden during the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks, and drove out all those who lived in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.

I assembled them by the river that runs to Ahava, and we camped there three days. I reviewed the people and the cohanim but found no L'vi'im there.

He will not enjoy the rivers, the streams flowing with honey and cream.

and cuts out galleries in the rock, all the while watching for something of value.

my steps were awash in butter, and the rocks poured out for me streams of olive oil.

They are like trees planted by streams -they bear their fruit in season, their leaves never wither, everything they do succeeds.

There is a river whose streams gladden the city of God, the holy habitation of 'Elyon

I am sinking down in the mud, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep water; the flood is sweeping over me.

You cut channels for springs and streams, you dried up rivers that had never failed.

flowing over hills, pouring into valleys, down to the place you had fixed for them.

You make springs gush forth in the vadis; they flow between the hills,

By the rivers of Bavel we sat down and wept as we remembered Tziyon.

All the rivers flow to the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers flow, there they keep on flowing.

His eyes are like doves by running streams, bathed in milk and set just right.

now Adonai will bring upon them the mighty floodwaters of the [Euphrates] River - that is, the king of Ashur and his power. It will rise above all its channels and overflow all its banks.

It will sweep through Y'hudah, flooding everything and passing on. It will reach even up to the neck, and its outspread wings will fill the whole expanse of the land." God is with us! [Hebrew: 'immanu El]

Justice will be the belt around his waist, faithfulness the sash around his hips.

The daughters of Mo'av at the fords of the Arnon are like fluttering birds pushed from the nest.

Woe to the land of whirring wings beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

This is a prophecy about Egypt: Look! ADONAI is riding a swift cloud, on his way to Egypt. Before him Egypt's idols tremble, Egypt's courage melts within them.

"I will incite Egypt against Egypt, brother will fight against brother, friend against friend, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

The courage of Egypt will ebb away within it, I will reduce its counsel to confusion. They will consult idols and mediums, ghosts and spirits.

I will hand over the Egyptians to a cruel master. A harsh king will rule them," says the Lord, ADONAI-Tzva'ot.