Water

So the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.

Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.

And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.

…and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”

Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”

…and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”

So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.

But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”

For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’

The next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water suddenly flowed from the direction of Edom and filled the land.

When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.

As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”

“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”

But the next day Hazael took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the king’s face. So Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned in his place.

Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,

As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,

…and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”

Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.

Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

…and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.

So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.

At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.

So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.

And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.

In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.

You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.

At the Fountain Gate they went directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.

…because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).

I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.

The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.

Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

…at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.

As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,

…as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.

…how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?

You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,

…it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.

What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?

For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,

Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.

May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.

A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.

You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.

You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.

May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.

The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.

He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.

When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”

They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.

All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.

He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,

He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.

The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

…who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!

Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.

Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.

Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?

When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.

“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.

Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’

I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.

You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.

His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.

Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.

For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, like a garden without water.

For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,

They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.

With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,

Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.

You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;

I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.

It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”

The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.

And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.

Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.

…he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.

Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,

The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.

They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.

They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.