Revelation 22:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb”
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“Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, going forth out of the throne of God and of the Lamb:”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Revelation 22:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 36:8They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
- Psalms 46:4There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
- Isaiah 41:18I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
- Isaiah 48:18If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
- Isaiah 66:12For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
- Jeremiah 2:13“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
- Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
- Ezekiel 47:1Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.
- Zechariah 14:8And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.
- John 4:10Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
- John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- John 7:38Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
- John 13:32If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.
- John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
- John 15:26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
- John 16:7But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
- Acts 1:4And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss.
- Acts 2:33Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
- Revelation 3:21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
- Revelation 4:5From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.
- Revelation 5:6Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
- Revelation 5:13And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!”
- Revelation 7:10And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
- Revelation 7:17For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
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