Verse 25

As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a distant country.

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  • Prov 15:30 : 30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and a good report makes the bones healthy.
  • Isa 52:7 : 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace; who brings good news of good, who proclaims salvation; who says to Zion, Your God reigns!
  • Isa 55:1 : 1 Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
  • Jer 18:14 : 14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which comes from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
  • Nah 1:15 : 15 Behold, upon the mountains the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace! O Judah, keep your solemn feasts, perform your vows; for the wicked shall no longer pass through you; he is utterly cut off.
  • Luke 2:10-11 : 10 And the angel said to them, Do not fear, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy, which will be to all people. 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
  • John 7:37 : 37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.
  • Rom 10:15 : 15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!"
  • 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
  • Rev 21:6 : 6 And he said to me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that is thirsty of the fountain of the water of life freely.
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who hears say, Come. And let him who is thirsty come. And whoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
  • Gen 21:16-19 : 16 And she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about a bowshot away; for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. So she sat opposite him and lifted up her voice, and wept. 17 And God heard the voice of the lad, and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven and said to her, What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not; for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation. 19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the bottle with water and gave the lad a drink.
  • Exod 17:2-3 : 2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD? 3 And the people were thirsty there for water; and the people grumbled against Moses, and said, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
  • Exod 17:6 : 6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
  • Judg 15:18-19 : 18 He was very thirsty and called on the LORD, and said, You have given this great deliverance into the hand of your servant: and now shall I die of thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? 19 But God split a hollow place in the jaw, and water came out; and when he drank, his spirit revived: therefore he called it Enhakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.
  • 2 Sam 23:15 : 15 And David longed and said, Oh that one would give me a drink of the water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
  • Ps 42:1-2 : 1 As the deer pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after You, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
  • Ps 63:1 : 1 O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where there is no water;