25 Bible Verses about Brooks
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You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to sustain you there [with food].”
As the deer pants [longingly] for the water brooks,
So my soul pants [longingly] for You, O God.
For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;
It happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he would drink from the brook.
The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord;
He turns it whichever way He wishes.
The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters [copious and difficult to fathom];
The fountain of [mature, godly] wisdom is like a bubbling stream [sparkling, fresh, pure, and life-giving].
“Go from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan [River].
And he will be like a tree firmly planted [and fed] by streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season;
Its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does, he prospers [and comes to maturity].
On every lofty mountain and on every high hill there will be streams of water on the day of the great slaughter (the day of the Lord), when the towers fall [and all His enemies are destroyed].
And in that day
The mountains will drip with sweet wine
And the hills will flow with milk;
And all the brooks and riverbeds of Judah will flow with water,
And a fountain will go out from the house of the Lord
To water the [desert] Valley of Shittim.
Each [one of them] will be like a hiding place from the wind
And a shelter from the storm,
Like streams of water in a dry land,
Like the shade of a huge rock in a parched and weary land [to those who turn to them].
Should your springs (children) be dispersed,
As streams of water in the streets?
Even the wild animals pant [in longing] for You;
For the water brooks are dried up
And fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness.
Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick (leafy) trees, and willows of the brook [and make booths of them]; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.
That is why it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord:
“Waheb in Suphah,
And the wadis of the Arnon [River],
So he went and did in accordance with the word of the Lord; he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
‘These you may eat, whatever is in the water: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, these you may eat;
The canals will become foul-smelling,
The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up,
The reeds and the rushes will rot away.
“They will come with weeping [in repentance and for joy],
And by [their] prayer [for the future] I will lead them;
I will make them walk by streams of waters,
On a straight path in which they will not stumble,
For I am a Father to Israel,
And Ephraim (Israel) is My firstborn.”
He will drink from the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He will lift up His head [triumphantly].
From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water.
Then Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape.” They seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and [as God’s law required] killed them there.
From Thematic Bible
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Kidron
While all the country was weeping with a loud voice, all the people crossed over. The king also crossed the Brook Kidron, and all the people went on toward the way of the wilderness [that lies between Jerusalem and the Jordan River].
He also deposed his [great-grand]mother Maacah from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid (obscene, vulgar) image for [the goddess] Asherah. Asa cut down her horrid image, and burned it by the Brook Kidron.
Having said these things, Jesus left with His disciples and went across the
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Gaash
Brooks » Borders of, favorable to » Willows
Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick (leafy) trees, and willows of the brook [and make booths of them]; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Cherith
“Go from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan [River].
So he went and did in accordance with the word of the Lord; he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Kishon
Then Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape.” They seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and [as God’s law required] killed them there.
Deal with them as [You did] with Midian,
As with Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon,
Brooks » Often ran over pebbles
Then he took his [shepherd’s] staff in his hand and chose for himself five
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Zered
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Eshcol
And they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two [of them]; they brought also some pomegranates and figs. That place was called the Valley of Eshcol [cluster] because of the cluster which the Israelites cut down there.
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Arnon
That is why it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord: Waheb in Suphah, and the valleys of [the branches of] the Arnon [River], And the slope of the valleys that stretch toward the site of Ar and find support on the border of Moab.
Brooks » Canaan abounded with
For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Besor
So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor; there those [who could not continue] remained behind.
Brooks » Illustrative » Of wisdom
The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters [copious and difficult to fathom];
The fountain of [mature, godly] wisdom is like a bubbling stream [sparkling, fresh, pure, and life-giving].
Brooks » Borders of, favorable to » Grass
Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go into the land to all the sources of water and to all the streams; perhaps we may find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to kill some of the cattle.”
Brooks » Borders of, favorable to » Reeds
The meadows by the Nile, by the edge of the Nile,
And all the sown fields of the Nile
Will become dry, be blown away, and be no more.
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Of the willows
Therefore the abundance which they have acquired and stored away
They carry off over the Brook of the Willows.
Brooks » Illustrative » (drinking of, by the way,) of help in distress
He will drink from the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He will lift up His head [triumphantly].
Brooks » Afforded protection to a country
The canals will become foul-smelling,
The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up,
The reeds and the rushes will rot away.
Brooks » Abounded with fish
The fishermen will lament (cry out in grief),
And all those who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn,
And those who spread nets upon the waters will languish.
Brooks » Illustrative » Of temporal abundance
“He does not look at the rivers,
The flowing streams of honey and butter [to enjoy his wealth].
Brooks » Illustrative » (deceptive,) of false friends
Water » Collected in » Brooks
Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go into the land to all the sources of water and to all the streams; perhaps we may find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to kill some of the cattle.”
Then Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house and asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman said to them, “They have crossed over the brook.” When they searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
