One of the Elements of the World Genesis 1:2

God Originally

Created the firmament to divide Genesis 1:6, 7

Collected into one place Genesis 1:9

Created fowls and fishes, &c from Genesis 1:20, 21

Necessary to Vegetation Genesis 2:5, 6, Job 14:9, Isaiah 1:30

Some Plants Particularly Require Job 8:11

Necessary to the Comfort and Happiness of Man Isaiah 41:17, Zechariah 9:11

Collected In

Springs Joshua 15:19

Pools 1 Kings 22:38, Nehemiah 2:14

Ponds Exodus 7:19, Isaiah 19:10

Fountains 1 Kings 18:5, 2 Chronicles 32:3

Wells Genesis 21:19

Brooks 2 Samuel 17:20, 1 Kings 18:5

Streams Psalm 78:16, Isaiah 35:6

Rivers Isaiah 8:7, Jeremiah 2:18

The sea Genesis 1:9, 10, Isaiah 11:9

The clouds Genesis 1:7, Job 26:8, 9

Rises in Vapour to the Clouds Ecclesiastes 1:7, Psalm 104:8

Drops from the Clouds in Rain Deuteronomy 11:11, 2 Samuel 21:10

Described As

Fluid Psalm 78:16, Proverbs 30:4

Unstable Genesis 49:4

Penetrating Psalm 109:18

Reflecting images Proverbs 27:9

Wearing the hardest substances Job 14:19

Cleansing Ezekiel 36:25, Ephesians 5:26

Refreshing Job 22:7, Proverbs 25:25

Congealed by Cold Job 38:29, Psalm 147:16, 17

Was Used by Jews

As their principal beverage Genesis 24:43, 1 Kings 13:19, 22, 18:4, Hosea 2:5

For culinary purposes Exodus 12:9

For washing the person Genesis 18:4, 24:32

For legal purification Exodus 29:4, Hebrews 9:10, 19

Kept for Purification in Large pots John 2:6

Carried in Vessels Genesis 21:14, 1 Samuel 26:11, Mark 14:13

Artificial Mode of Conveying, into Large Cities 2 Kings 20:20

Frequently Brackish and Unfit for Use Exodus 15:23, 2 Kings 2:19

The Want Of, Considered a Great Calamity Exodus 17:1-3, Numbers 20:2, 2 Kings 3:9, 10, Isaiah 3:1

In Times of Scarcity, Sold at an Enormous Price Lamentations 5:4

Miracles Connected With

Turned into blood Exodus 7:17, 20

Turned into wine John 2:7-9

Brought from the rock Exodus 17:6, Numbers 20:11

Brought from the jaw-bone of an ass Judges 15:19

Consumed by fire from heaven 1 Kings 18:38

Divided and made to stand on heap Exodus 14:21, 22, Joshua 3:16

Trenches filled with 2 Kings 3:17-22

Iron made to swim in 2 Kings 6:5, 6

Our Lord, &c walking on Matthew 14:26-29

Healing powers communicated to 2 Kings 5:14, John 5:4, 9:7

The World and Its Inhabitants Once Destroyed By Genesis 7:20-23, 2 Peter 3:6

The World Not to Be Again Destroyed By Genesis 9:8-15, 2 Peter 3:7

Illustrative

Of the support of God Isaiah 8:6

Of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit Isaiah 41:17, 18, 44:3, Ezekiel 36:25, John 7:38, 39

Of persecutors Psalm 124:4, 5

Of persecutions Psalm 88:17

Of hostile armies Isaiah 8:7, 17:13

(Still,) of the ordinances of the gospel Psalm 23:2

(Deep,) of severe affliction Psalm 66:12, 69:1, Isaiah 30:20, 43:2

(Deep,) of counsel in the heart Proverbs 20:5

(Deep,) of the words of the wise Proverbs 18:4

(Poured out,) of the wrath of God Hosea 5:10

(Poured out,) of faintness by terror Psalm 22:14

(Pouring, out of buckets,) of a numerous progeny Numbers 24:7

(Spilled on the ground,) of death 2 Samuel 14:14

(Its instability,) of a wavering disposition Genesis 49:4

(Its weakness,) of faintness and cowardice Joshua 7:5, Ezekiel 7:17

(Difficulty of stopping,) of strife and contention Proverbs 17:14

(Rapidly flowing away,) of the career of the wicked Job 24:18, Psalm 58:7

(Many,) of different nations and people Revelation 17:1, 15, Jeremiah 51:13

(Many,) of a variety of afflictions 2 Samuel 22:17

(Noise of many,) of the word of Christ Revelation 1:15

(Covering the sea,) of the general diffusion of the knowledge of God Isaiah 11:9, Habakkuk 2:14