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Revelation 22:1

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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ASV

And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,

KJV

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.

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ἔδειξένedeixenhe showedG1166 →
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ποταμὸνpotamona riverG4215 →
ὕδατοςhudatosof waterG5204 →
ζωῆς,zōēsof life,G2222 →
λαμπρὸνlampronclearG2986 →
ὡςhōsasG5613 →
κρύσταλλον,krustalloncrystal,G2930 →
ἐκπορευόμενονekporeuomenonflowingG1607 →
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θρόνουthronouthroneG2362 →
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θεοῦtheouof GodG2316 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
τοῦtouof theG3588 →
ἀρνίου.arniouLamb.G721 →

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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.’”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 7:38–39Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”Psalms 23:2He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.Psalms 36:8–9They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.John 4:10–11Jesus 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.”Revelation 22:2down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.Revelation 21:6And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.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 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.Psalms 46:4There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.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.Isaiah 55:1“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!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.John 8:42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.Ezekiel 47:1–9Then 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.Isaiah 12:3With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,

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The Transfiguration — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
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