Fountains and springs

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Fountains and springs

Created by God
Psalms 74:15 ; 104:10
God to be praised for
Revelation 14:7
Come from the great deep
Genesis 7:11 ; Job 38:16
Found in hills and valleys
Deuteronomy 8:7 ; Psalms 104:10
Send forth each but one kind of water
James 3:11
AFFORD
- Drink to the beasts
  Psalms 104:11
- Refreshment to the birds
  Psalms 104:12
- Fruitfulness to the earth
  1 Kings 18:5 ; Joel 3:18
Frequented by travellers
Genesis 16:7
Abound in Canaan
Deuteronomy 8:7 ; 1 Kings 18:5
Sometimes dried up
Isaiah 58:11
Drying up of, a severe punishment
Psalms 107:33 Psalms 107:34 ; Hosea 13:15
CONSTANTLY FLOWING
- Especially esteemed
  Isaiah 58:11
- Could not be ceremonially defiled
  Leviticus 11:36
Sometimes stopped or turned off to distress enemies
2 Chronicles 32:3 2 Chronicles 32:4
MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- In the way to Shur
  Genesis 16:7
- Of the waters of Nephtoah
  Joshua 15:9
- Of Jezreel
  1 Samuel 29:1
- Of Pisgah
  Deuteronomy 4:49
- Upper and nether springs
  Joshua 15:19 ; Judges 1:15
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of God
  Psalms 36:9 ; Jeremiah 2:13 ; 17:13
- Of Christ
  Zechariah 13:1
- Of the Holy Spirit
  John 7:38 John 7:39
- Of constant supplies of grace
  Psalms 87:7
- Of eternal life
  John 4:14 ; Revelation 21:6
- Of the means of grace
  Isaiah 41:18 ; Joel 3:18
- Of a good wife
  Proverbs 5:18
- Of a numerous posterity
  Deuteronomy 33:28
- Of spiritual wisdom
  Proverbs 16:22 ; 18:4
- Of the law of the wise
  Proverbs 13:14
- Of Godly fear
  Proverbs 14:27
- (Sealed up,) of the church
  Solomon 4:12
- (Not failing,) of the church
  Isaiah 58:11
- (Always flowing,) of unceasing wickedness of the Jews
  Jeremiah 6:7
- (Corrupt,) of the natural heart
  James 3:11 ; Matthew 15:18 Matthew 15:19
- (Troubled,) of saints led astray
  Proverbs 25:26

Bibliography Information

Torrey, R.A., Reverand. "Entry for 'Fountains and springs'". "The New Topical Text Book". . 1897.

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