John 7:38

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“Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’””

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BSBPD

“Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“he who is believing in me, according as the Writing said, Rivers out of his belly shall flow of living water;'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 7:38 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 18:15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
  2. Job 32:18For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
  3. Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
  4. Proverbs 18:4The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
  5. Isaiah 12:3With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
  6. Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
  7. Isaiah 58:11The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
  8. Isaiah 59:21“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.”
  12. 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.”
  13. Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  14. Ephesians 5:9for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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