- One of the elements of the world

Ge 1:2



- GOD ORIGINALLY

. Created the firmament to divide

Ge 1:6,7



. Collected into one place

Ge 1:9



. Created fowls and fishes, &c from

Ge 1:20,21



- Necessary to vegetation

Ge 2:5,6; Job 14:9; Isa 1:30



- Some plants particularly require

Job 8:11



- Necessary to the comfort and happiness of man

Isa 41:17; Zec 9:11



- COLLECTED IN

. Springs

Jos 15:19



. Pools

1Ki 22:38; Ne 2:14



. Ponds

Ex 7:19; Isa 19:10



. Fountains

1Ki 18:5; 2Ch 32:3



. Wells

Ge 21:19



. Brooks

2Sa 17:20; 1Ki 18:5



. Streams

Ps 78:16; Isa 35:6



. Rivers

Isa 8:7; Jer 2:18



. The sea

Ge 1:9,10; Isa 11:9



. The clouds

Ge 1:7; Job 26:8,9



- Rises in vapour to the clouds

Ec 1:7; Ps 104:8



- Drops from the clouds in rain

De 11:11; 2Sa 21:10



- DESCRIBED AS

. Fluid

Ps 78:16; Pr 30:4



. Unstable

Ge 49:4



. Penetrating

Ps 109:18



. Reflecting images

Pr 27:9



. Wearing the hardest substances

Job 14:19



. Cleansing

Eze 36:25; Eph 5:26



. Refreshing

Job 22:7; Pr 25:25



- Congealed by cold

Job 38:29; Ps 147:16,17



- WAS USED BY JEWS

. As their principal beverage

Ge 24:43; 1Ki 13:19,22; 18:4; Ho 2:5



. For culinary purposes

Ex 12:9



. For washing the person

Ge 18:4; 24:32



. For legal purification

Ex 29:4; Heb 9:10,19



- Kept for purification in large waterpots

Joh 2:6



- Carried in vessels

Ge 21:14; 1Sa 26:11; Mr 14:13



- Artificial mode of conveying, into large cities

2Ki 20:20



- Frequently brackish and unfit for use

Ex 15:23; 2Ki 2:19



- The want of, considered a great calamity

Ex 17:1-3; Nu 20:2; 2Ki 3:9,10; Isa 3:1



- In times of scarcity, sold at an enormous price

La 5:4



- MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH

. Turned into blood

Ex 7:17,20



. Turned into wine

Joh 2:7-9



. Brought from the rock

Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11



. Brought from the jaw-bone of an ass

Jud 15:19



. Consumed by fire from heaven

1Ki 18:38



. Divided and made to stand on heap

Ex 14:21,22; Jos 3:16



. Trenches filled with

2Ki 3:17-22



. Iron made to swim in

2Ki 6:5,6



. Our Lord, &c walking on

Mt 14:26-29



. Healing powers communicated to

2Ki 5:14; Joh 5:4; 9:7



- The world and its inhabitants once destroyed by

Ge 7:20-23; 2Pe 3:6



- The world not to be again destroyed by

Ge 9:8-15; 2Pe 3:7



- ILLUSTRATIVE

. Of the support of God

Isa 8:6



. Of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit

Isa 41:17,18; 44:3; Eze 36:25; Joh 7:38,39



. Of persecutors

Ps 124:4,5



. Of persecutions

Ps 88:17



. Of hostile armies

Isa 8:7; 17:13



. (Still,) of the ordinances of the gospel

Ps 23:2



. (Deep,) of severe affliction

Ps 66:12; 69:1; Isa 30:20; 43:2



. (Deep,) of counsel in the heart

Pr 20:5



. (Deep,) of the words of the wise

Pr 18:4



. (Poured out,) of the wrath of God

Ho 5:10



. (Poured out,) of faintness by terror

Ps 22:14



. (Pouring, out of buckets,) of a numerous progeny

Nu 24:7



. (Spilled on the ground,) of death

2Sa 14:14



. (Its instability,) of a wavering disposition

Ge 49:4



. (Its weakness,) of faintness and cowardice

Jos 7:5; Eze 7:17



. (Difficulty of stopping,) of strife and contention

Pr 17:14



. (Rapidly flowing away,) of the career of the wicked

Job 24:18; Ps 58:7



. (Many,) of different nations and people

Re 17:1,15; Jer 51:13



. (Many,) of a variety of afflictions

2Sa 22:17



. (Noise of many,) of the word of Christ

Re 1:15



. (Covering the sea,) of the general diffusion of the

knowledge of God

Isa 11:9; Hab 2:14