Living Water: 29 key verses by theme

A hand-picked set of 29 verses from 17 books of the Bible, arranged in 6 groups: Fountains in the Desert, Christ, the Source of Living Water, Washing of the Word, Water and the Spirit, Immersed With Him and The River of Life. Each verse is in the King James Version, with a link to read it in context.

Fountains in the Desert

God is the true source of water and life, the pattern of washing and deliverance later fulfilled in Christ.

Exodus 14:21In context: Exodus 14:21-22

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
2 Kings 5:10In context: 2 Kings 5:10-14

And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
Ezekiel 36:25

Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Jeremiah 17:7In context: Jeremiah 17:7-8

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
Jeremiah 2:13

For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Isaiah 12:3

Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Isaiah 35:6In context: Isaiah 35:6-7

Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Isaiah 55:1

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Christ, the Source of Living Water

Jesus, not the well or the rock, is the true and inexhaustible source of life.

John 4:14In context: John 4:10-14

But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
John 7:38In context: John 7:37-39

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Revelation 21:6

And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Revelation 22:1In context: Revelation 22:1-2

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.
Revelation 22:17

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
1 Corinthians 10:4

And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

Washing of the Word

Christ sanctifies and cleanses me through a bathing of water in His word.

Ephesians 5:25In context: Ephesians 5:25-27

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Titus 3:5In context: Titus 3:5-6

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Hebrews 10:22

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
1 Corinthians 6:11

And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

Water and the Spirit

Water paired with the Spirit as the means of new birth and inward renewal.

John 3:5In context: John 3:3-6

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
Ezekiel 36:26In context: Ezekiel 36:26-27

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Immersed With Him

Immersion in water as the enacted sign of union with Christ's death and resurrection.

Acts 22:16

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Romans 6:3In context: Romans 6:3-4

Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
1 Peter 3:20In context: 1 Peter 3:20-21

Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Mark 1:9In context: Mark 1:9-10

And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
Matthew 3:16In context: Matthew 3:13-16

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

The River of Life

Water flowing from God's throne as the source of healing and life for all.

Ezekiel 47:5In context: Ezekiel 47:1-5

Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.
Ezekiel 47:9In context: Ezekiel 47:6-9

And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
Psalm 46:4

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.