Bible Verses About Rivers
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for rivers, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,675 votes, led by John 7:38. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Rivers
John 7:38133 votes
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Isaiah 43:2130 votes
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.
Ezekiel 47:9124 votes
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
Psalms 46:4116 votes
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
Revelation 22:1-267 votes
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Zechariah 14:861 votes
And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
Ezekiel 47:1-752 votes
Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
Ecclesiastes 1:750 votes
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Psalms 65:949 votes
Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Psalms 36:842 votes
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Revelation 22:138 votes
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Isaiah 58:1132 votes
And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Jeremiah 2:1325 votes
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Isaiah 12:324 votes
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Joel 3:1824 votes
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
John 7:37-3923 votes
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
Ezekiel 47:1-1222 votes
Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
Psalms 1:321 votes
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Psalms 46:4-521 votes
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
Ezekiel 47:1-2321 votes
Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
Isaiah 44:319 votes
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
Isaiah 66:1219 votes
For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
Revelation 21:619 votes
And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Revelation 22:219 votes
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Genesis 2:10-1417 votes
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
What does the Bible say about rivers?
Readers most often cite John 7:38 on the subject of rivers. Across 1,675 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Isaiah 43:2, Ezekiel 47:9, Psalms 46:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.