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Bible Verses About Rivers
Find Bible verses about rivers — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about rivers?
The Bible addresses rivers with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Amos 5:24
“But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
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Isaiah 43:19
“Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs forth now. Don't you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”
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Psalms 98:8
“Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together.”
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Psalms 137:1
“By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.”
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John 7:38
“He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water."”
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Isaiah 33:21
“But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.”
Jeremiah 31:9
“They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ep...”
Isaiah 41:18
“I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.”
Psalms 107:33
“He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,”
Psalms 78:16
“He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.”
Psalms 74:15
“You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.”
Ezekiel 32:14
“Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, says the Lord Yahweh.”
Nahum 1:4
“He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes.”
Psalms 89:25
“I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.”
Ecclesiastes 1:7
“All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.”
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Revelation 16:4 — “The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood....”
Nahum 2:6 — “The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved....”
Micah 6:7 — “Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give...”
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