Rivers
Rivers
Source of - Job 28:10; Ps 104:8,10
Enclosed within banks - Da 12:5
Flow through valleys - Ps 104:8,10
SOME OF
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
Many, fordable in some places - Ge 32:22; Jos 2:7; Isa 16:2
ILLUSTRATIVE