Table of Contents
Fountains and Springs
1. Created by God. Ps 74:15; 104:10.
2. God to be praised for. Re 14:7.
3. Come from the great deep. Ge 7:11; Job 38:16.
4. Found in hills and valleys. De 8:7; Ps 104:10.
5. Send forth each but one kind of water. Jas 3:11.
6. Afford
a. Drink to the beasts. Ps 104:11.
b. Refreshment to the birds. Ps 104:12.
c. Fruitfulness to the earth. 1Ki 18:5; Joe 3:18.
7. Frequented by travellers. Ge 16:7.
8. Abound in Canaan. De 8:7; 1Ki 18:5.
9. Sometimes dried up. Isa 58:11.
10. Drying up of, a severe punishment. Ps 107:33,34; Ho 13:15.
11. Constantly flowing
a. Especially esteemed. Isa 58:11.
b. Could not be ceremonially defiled. Le 11:36.
12. Sometimes stopped or turned off to distress enemies. 2Ch 32:3,4.
13. Mentioned in scripture
a. In the way to Shur. Ge 16:7.
b. Of the waters of Nephtoah. Jos 15:9.
c. Of Jezreel. 1Sa 29:1.
d. Of Pisgah. De 4:49.
e. Upper and nether springs. Jos 15:19; Jdj 1:15.
14. Illustrative
a. Of God. Ps 36:9; Jer 2:13; 17:13.
b. Of Christ. Zec 13:1.
c. Of the Holy Spirit. Joh 7:38,39.
d. Of constant supplies of grace. Ps 87:7.
e. Of eternal life. Joh 4:14; Re 21:6.
f. Of the means of grace. Isa 41:18; Joe 3:18.
g. Of a good wife. Pr 5:18.
h. Of a numerous posterity. De 33:28.
i. Of spiritual wisdom. Pr 16:22; 18:4.
j. Of the law of the wise. Pr 13:14.
k. Of godly fear. Pr 14:27.
l. (Sealed up,) of the church. Song 4:12.
m. (Not failing,) of the church. Isa 58:11.
n. (Always flowing,) of unceasing wickedness of the Jews. Jer 6:7.
o. (Corrupt,) of the natural heart. Jas 3:11; Mt 15:18,19.
p. (Troubled,) of saints led astray. Pr 25:26.