2 Kings 3:16

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And he said, "This is what the LORD says: Make this valley full of ditches."

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  • Num 2:16-18 : 16 All those counted in the camp of Reuben, by divisions, total 151,450. They will set out second. 17 Then the Tent of Meeting and the camp of the Levites will set out in the middle of the camps. They will set out in the same order as they camp, each in position under their own standard. 18 On the west side will be the banner of the camp of Ephraim, according to their divisions. The leader of the descendants of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud.
  • 2 Kgs 4:3 : 3 Then he said, "Go, borrow empty vessels from all your neighbors. Get as many as you can. Do not gather too few."

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    17For this is what the LORD says: You will not see wind or rain, but this valley will be filled with water, and you, your livestock, and your animals will drink.

    18This is an easy thing in the sight of the LORD; He will also give Moab into your hands.

    19You will destroy every fortified city and every major town, cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones.

    20The next morning, at the time of the offering, water came from the direction of Edom and filled the land.

  • 1 Kgs 17:2-3
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    73%

    2And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

    3"Go from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan."

  • 2 Kgs 3:15
    72%

    15"But now, bring me a musician." While the musician played, the hand of the LORD came upon Elisha.

  • 1 Kgs 18:35
    72%

    35The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.

  • Joel 3:18
    72%

    18In that day, the mountains will drip with sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, and all the streams of Judah will run with water. A fountain will flow out of the house of the LORD and water the Valley of Acacias.

  • Isa 41:18
    72%

    18I will open rivers on the barren heights and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs.

  • Ezek 37:2
    71%

    2He led me all around them, and behold, there were very many bones lying on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry.

  • 1 Kgs 17:7-8
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    70%

    7But after a while, the brook dried up because there was no rain in the land.

    8Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

  • Deut 8:7
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    7For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with streams of water, springs, and deep waters flowing out in valleys and hills.

  • Isa 43:16
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    16This is what the LORD says— He who makes a way through the sea and a path through mighty waters,

  • Isa 37:25
    70%

    25I dug wells and drank water; with the soles of my feet, I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.

  • Nah 3:14
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    14Draw water for the siege, strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay and tread the mortar; take hold of the brick mold.

  • Ps 84:6
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    6Blessed is the one whose strength is in You, whose heart is set on pilgrimage.

  • Deut 11:11
    70%

    11But the land into which you are crossing to inherit is a land of hills and valleys that drinks water from the rain of heaven.

  • Ps 107:35
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    35He turns the desert into pools of water, and a dry land into flowing springs.

  • 1 Kgs 17:5
    69%

    5So he went and did as the word of the LORD directed him. He went and stayed by the Brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

  • 2 Kgs 4:3
    69%

    3Then he said, "Go, borrow empty vessels from all your neighbors. Get as many as you can. Do not gather too few."

  • Zech 10:1
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    1Ask the LORD for rain in the spring season. It is the LORD who makes lightning flashes and provides abundant rain for everyone, giving vegetation in the fields.

  • Ezek 22:23
    69%

    23The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • Isa 44:27
    69%

    27I say to the deep waters, 'Be dry,' and I will dry up your rivers.

  • 2 Kgs 2:19
    69%

    19The people of the city said to Elisha, 'Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad, and the land is unproductive.'

  • Nah 1:4
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    4He rebukes the sea and dries it up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.

  • Ps 78:15-16
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    15He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the depths.

    16He brought streams out of the rock and made water flow down like rivers.

  • Job 38:26-27
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    69%

    26to water a land where no man lives, an uninhabited desert,

    27to satisfy the desolate and waste ground and make the dry, barren land produce grass?

  • Isa 42:15
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    15I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn rivers into islands and dry up the pools.

  • Ps 107:33
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    33He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into parched ground,

  • Ezek 6:3
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    3Say, 'Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD: This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains, the hills, the ravines, and the valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

  • Joel 3:14
    68%

    14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

  • 1 Kgs 20:28
    68%

    28Then a man of God approached the king of Israel and said, "This is what the LORD says: Because the Arameans think that the LORD is a god of the hills and not a god of the valleys, I will deliver this vast army into your hands, and you will know that I am the LORD."

  • Isa 19:5
    68%

    5The waters will dry up from the sea, and the river will be parched and dry.

  • Jer 4:3
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    3For this is what the LORD says to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among thorns.

  • Deut 11:14-15
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    68%

    14then I will provide the rain for your land in its proper season—the early rain and the late rain—so that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.

    15I will also provide grass in your fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.

  • 1 Kgs 17:14
    68%

    14For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'The jar of flour will not run out, and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the earth.'

  • 2 Kgs 3:11
    68%

    11But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there no prophet of the LORD here, through whom we may inquire of the LORD?" One of the servants of the king of Israel answered, "Elisha, son of Shaphat, who used to pour water on the hands of Elijah, is here."

  • 2 Kgs 19:24
    68%

    24I have dug wells in foreign lands and drunk water there. With the soles of my feet, I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.

  • Ps 65:10
    68%

    10You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have prepared it.

  • Amos 6:11
    68%

    11For the LORD has given the command: The great house will be shattered into pieces, and the small house into bits.

  • Amos 9:5
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    5The Lord, the God of Hosts, touches the earth and it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn. The entire land rises like the Nile and then sinks like the Nile of Egypt.

  • Ezek 47:8
    68%

    8He said to me, 'This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, where it enters the Dead Sea. When it flows into the sea, the water there becomes fresh.'

  • Isa 40:3
    68%

    3A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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    68%

    17the LORD spoke to me, saying,

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    41Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.