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Topical Bible: Overflowing
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It is used both literally and metaphorically to describe physical, spiritual, and emotional states. The concept of overflowing is frequently associated with God's blessings, grace, and provision, as well as with judgment and wrath.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>1. <b>Abundance and Blessing:</b> <br> The imagery of overflowing is commonly used to depict God's abundant blessings and provision for His people. In <a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10</a> , God promises, "Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this," says the LORD of Hosts, "and see if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure." This passage illustrates the idea of blessings being so abundant that they overflow, emphasizing God's generosity and faithfulness.<br><br>2. <b>Spiritual Fullness:</b> <br> Overflowing is also used to describe the spiritual fullness and joy that believers experience through their relationship with God. In <a href="/romans/15-13.htm">Romans 15:13</a> , Paul writes, "Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Here, the overflowing of hope is a result of the Holy Spirit's work in the believer's life, highlighting the transformative power of faith.<br><br>3. <b>Love and Good Works:</b> <br> The concept of overflowing is applied to the believer's love and good works. In <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-12.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:12</a> , Paul prays, "And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows." This passage encourages believers to let their love for others be abundant and ever-increasing, reflecting the love of Christ.<br><br>4. <b>Judgment and Wrath:</b> <br> While often associated with positive connotations, overflowing can also describe God's judgment and wrath. In <a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm">Isaiah 28:17-18</a> , it is written, "I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place. Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it." Here, the overflowing waters symbolize the inescapable and overwhelming nature of divine judgment.<br><br>5. <b>Metaphorical Use:</b> <br> Overflowing is used metaphorically to describe the heart's condition. In <a href="/luke/6-45.htm">Luke 6:45</a> , Jesus teaches, "The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks." This passage underscores the idea that what fills a person's heart will naturally overflow into their words and actions.<br><br><b>Theological Implications:</b><br><br>The concept of overflowing in the Bible underscores the nature of God's interaction with humanity. It highlights His desire to bless abundantly, the transformative power of His Spirit, and the call for believers to reflect His love and goodness. At the same time, it serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of sin and the reality of divine judgment. The imagery of overflowing invites believers to live in a state of spiritual abundance, continually filled and renewed by God's presence and grace.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>p. pr. & vb. n.</I>) of Overflow.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/5249.htm"><span class="l">5249. huperperissos -- beyond measure, exceedingly</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 5249 (from 5228 , "beyond" and 4057 , "exceeding, abundant") -- properly, (literally,<br> "going expected measure)"; , "<b>overflowing</b>" (used only in Mk 7:37). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5249.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5248.htm"><span class="l">5248. huperperisseuo -- to abound more exceedingly</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin from huper and perisseuo Definition to abound more exceedingly NASB<br> Word Usage abounded all (1), abounded all the more (1), <b>overflowing</b> (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5248.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4052.htm"><span class="l">4052. perisseuo -- to be over and above, to abound</span></a> <br><b>...</b> abundance (1), increasing (1), lavished (1), left over (4), leftover (1), live in<br> prosperity (1), make...abound (1), overflowed (1), <b>overflowing</b> (2), surpasses <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4052.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 9k</font><p><a href="/greek/5396.htm"><span class="l">5396. phluareo -- to talk nonsense</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Cognate: 5396 (from 5397 , "to bubble up, boil over") -- <b>overflowing</b> with speech<br> "that is " (, 562). It is used only in 3 Jn 10. See 5397 (). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5396.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7858.htm"><span class="l">7858. sheteph -- a flood</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from shataph Definition a flood NASB Word Usage flood (5), outburst<br> (1), <b>overflowing</b> (1). flood, outrageous, <b>overflowing</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7858.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2230.htm"><span class="l">2230. zerem -- a flood of rain, rainstorm, downpour</span></a><br><b>...</b> flood, <b>overflowing</b>, shower, storm, tempest. From zaram; a gush of water -- flood,<br> <b>overflowing</b>, shower, storm, tempest. see HEBREW zaram. 2229, 2230. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2230.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1065.htm"><span class="l">1065. beki -- a weeping</span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>overflowing</b>, sore, continual weeping, wept. From bakah; a weeping; by analogy, a<br> dripping -- <b>overflowing</b>, X sore, (continual) weeping, wept. see HEBREW bakah. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1065.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7732.htm"><span class="l">7732. Shobal -- "flowing," an Edomite, also two Israelites</span></a><br><b>...</b> NASB Word Usage Shobal (9). Shobal. From the same as shebel; <b>overflowing</b>; Shobal,<br> the name of an Edomite and two Israelites -- Shobal. see HEBREW shebel. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7732.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm"><span class="l">4390. male -- to be full, to fill</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), gratified (1), live (1), massed (1), messengers (1), mount* (1), mounted (1),<br> ordain* (4), ordained* (4), ordination* (1), <b>overflowing</b>* (1), overflows* (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4390.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7857.htm"><span class="l">7857. shataph -- to overflow, rinse or wash off</span></a><br><b>...</b> to overflow, rinse or wash off NASB Word Usage charging (1), engulfed (1), flooded<br> away (1), flooding (2), flowed (1), overflow (9), <b>overflowing</b> (6), overflows <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7857.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5674a.htm"><span class="l">5674a. abar -- to pass over, through, or by, pass on</span></a><br><b>...</b> led through (3), left (1), liquid (2), made (1), mates (1), means cross over (1),<br> offer (1), over (4), overcome (1), overflow (1), <b>overflowing</b> (1), overlook (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5674a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm"><span class="l">5921. al -- upon, above, over</span></a><br><b>...</b> 13), now* (1), obliging* (1), off (6), off* (5), opposed (1), opposite (1), opposite*<br> (4), ornamented* (1), over (538), over* (6), <b>overflowing</b>* (1), overflows <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5921.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/guyon/song_of_songs_of_solomon/12_his_eyes_are_like.htm"><span class="l">His Eyes are Like a Dove's by the Rivers of Waters, Washed with <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER V. 12. His eyes are like a dove's by the rivers of waters, washed<br> with milk, and sitting beside <b>overflowing</b> streams. She <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/song of songs of solomon/12 his eyes are like.htm</font><p><a href="/library/hession/the_calvary_road/chapter_2_cups_running_over.htm"><span class="l">Cups Running Over</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of Revival. Revival itself is being absolutely filled to <b>overflowing</b> with<br> the Holy Spirit, and that is victorious living. If we <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/hession/the calvary road/chapter 2 cups running over.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/select_masterpieces_of_biblical_literature/iv_isaiahs_discourse.htm"><span class="l">Isaiah's Discourse</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying<br> storm, as a tempest of mighty waters <b>overflowing</b>, shall he cast down to the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../various/select masterpieces of biblical literature/iv isaiahs discourse.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gregory/gregory_of_nyssa_dogmatic_treatises_etc/letter_x_to_libanius.htm"><span class="l">Letter X . --To Libanius.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Whether it were that the soul by the <b>overflowing</b> sense of release from anxiety,<br> and by a sudden rebound, disposed the body to be in the same condition as itself <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/letter x to libanius.htm</font><p><a href="/library/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/february_1_a_well_of.htm"><span class="l">February 1. "A Well of Water Springing Up" (John iv. 14).</span></a> <br><b>...</b> In the life <b>overflowing</b> in service for others, we find the deep fountain of life<br> running over the spring and finding vent in rivers of living water that go out <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /february 1 a well of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/suso/a_little_book_of_eternal_wisdom/chapter_xvi_on_the_worthy.htm"><span class="l">On the Worthy Praise of the Pure Queen of Heaven.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> attained to grace. Who is the sinner, how great soever his crimes, to whom<br> thy <b>overflowing</b> goodness has denied assistance? Lo, when <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../suso/a little book of eternal wisdom/chapter xvi on the worthy.htm</font><p><a href="/library/hession/the_calvary_road/chapter_4_the_highway_of.htm"><span class="l">The Highway of Holiness</span></a> <br><b>...</b> dark and forbidding, but radiant and glowing, and we no longer see Jesus stretched<br> across its arms, but walking the Highway <b>overflowing</b> with resurrection life. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/hession/the calvary road/chapter 4 the highway of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/winkworth/the_history_and_life_of_the_reverend_doctor_john_tauler/xx_sermon_for_the_fourth.htm"><span class="l">Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Trinity</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Next comes the measure that is shaken together; and this signifies an <b>overflowing</b><br> love which draws all things into itself; that is to say, all good deeds and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../xx sermon for the fourth.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tauler/the_inner_way/sermon_i_on_the_feast.htm"><span class="l">On the Feast of St Andrew the Apostle</span></a> <br><b>...</b> These words teach us three things, first, the <b>overflowing</b> Wisdom of Christ in the<br> words of the Master, secondly, the Dwelling-place of His inscrutable Being <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/tauler/the inner way/sermon i on the feast.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bevan/three_friends_of_god/chapter_xxv_the_full_measure.htm"><span class="l">The Full Measure</span></a> <br><b>...</b> does the measure run over indeed with the goodness and the sweetness that He the<br> Lord is, evermore; and far and wide there spreads the <b>overflowing</b> tide, and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bevan/three friends of god/chapter xxv the full measure.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/o/overflowing.htm"><span class="l"><b>Overflowing</b> (54 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overflow. 2. (n.) An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance;<br> copiousness. Multi-Version Concordance <b>Overflowing</b> (54 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/overflowing.htm - 23k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/flooding.htm"><span class="l">Flooding (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Isaiah 28:2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, as a storm of hail, a<br> tempest of destruction, as a storm of mighty waters <b>overflowing</b>, that casteth <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/flooding.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shower.htm"><span class="l">Shower (22 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Figuratively, of blessing, "showers of blessing" (Ezekiel 34:26); of destruction:<br> "There shall be an <b>overflowing</b> shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shower.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/waters.htm"><span class="l">Waters (386 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> waters" (Isaiah 43:2); of force, "like the breach of waters" (2 Samuel 5:20); of<br> that which is overwhelming, "a tempest of mighty waters <b>overflowing</b>" (Isaiah 28 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/waters.htm - 42k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/ice-drops.htm"><span class="l">Ice-drops (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ezekiel 13:11 Say to those who put whitewash on it, There will be an <b>overflowing</b><br> shower; and you, O ice-drops, will come raining down; and it will be broken in <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/ice-drops.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/torrents.htm"><span class="l">Torrents (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ezekiel 13:11 say unto them that daub it with whited plaster, that it shall fall;<br> there shall be an <b>overflowing</b> shower, and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/torrents.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/storm-wind.htm"><span class="l">Storm-wind (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ezekiel 13:11 Say to those who put whitewash on it, There will be an <b>overflowing</b><br> shower; and you, O ice-drops, will come raining down; and it will be broken in <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/storm-wind.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/hailstones.htm"><span class="l">Hailstones (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ezekiel 13:11 tell those who daub it with whitewash, that it shall fall: there shall<br> be an <b>overflowing</b> shower; and you, great hailstones, shall fall; and a <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/hailstones.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/overflow.htm"><span class="l">Overflow (43 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> on them the waters of the River, deep and strong, even the king of Assyria and all<br> his glory: and it will come up through all its streams, <b>overflowing</b> all its <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/overflow.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rushing.htm"><span class="l">Rushing (61 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (BBE). Job 40:23 Truly, if the river is <b>overflowing</b>, it gives him no cause for fear;<br> he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rushing.htm - 24k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/my-cup-runneth-over.html">What does it mean that my cup runneth over? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Anna-the-prophetess.html">Who was Anna the prophetess in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/cheerful-giver.html">How can I become a more cheerful giver? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/overflowing.htm">Overflowing: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Overflowing (54 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/24-38.htm">Matthew 24:38</a></span><br />Because as in those days before the <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> of the waters, they were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day when Noah went into the ark,<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/17-27.htm">Luke 17:27</a></span><br />They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/5-17.htm">Romans 5:17</a></span><br />For if, through the transgression of the one individual, Death made use of the one individual to seize the sovereignty, all the more shall those who receive God's <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> grace and gift of righteousness reign as kings in Life through the one individual, Jesus Christ.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-4.htm">2 Corinthians 7:4</a></span><br />great 'is' my freedom of speech unto you, great my glory on your behalf; I have been filled with the comfort, I overabound with the joy on all our tribulation,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/8-2.htm">2 Corinthians 8:2</a></span><br />because in much trial of tribulation the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, did abound to the riches of their liberality;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-12.htm">2 Corinthians 9:12</a></span><br />For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/4-17.htm">Philippians 4:17</a></span><br />not that I seek after the gift, but I seek after the fruit that is <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> to your account;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/colossians/2-7.htm">Colossians 2:7</a></span><br />rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/1-14.htm">1 Timothy 1:14</a></span><br />and the grace of our Lord came to me in <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> fulness, conferring faith on me and the love which is in Christ Jesus.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/1-21.htm">James 1:21</a></span><br />Therefore, putting away all filthiness and <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_peter/3-6.htm">2 Peter 3:6</a></span><br />And that the world which then was came to an end through the <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> of the waters. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/3-15.htm">Joshua 3:15</a></span><br />And when those who took up the ark came to Jordan, and the feet of the priests who took up the ark were touching the edge of the water (for the waters of Jordan are <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> all through the time of the grain-cutting),<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/4-18.htm">Joshua 4:18</a></span><br />And when the priests who took up the ark of the Lord's agreement came up out of Jordan and their feet came out on to dry land, the waters of Jordan went back to their place, <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> its edges as before.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/12-15.htm">1 Chronicles 12:15</a></span><br />It was they who went over Jordan in the first month, when the river was <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span>, and put to flight all the people of the valleys, to the east and to the west.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/14-19.htm">Job 14:19</a></span><br />The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man. <br /><span class="source">(Root in JPS ASV BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/28-11.htm">Job 28:11</a></span><br />He bindeth the floods from <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span>; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. <br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/33-3.htm">Job 33:3</a></span><br />My heart is <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> with knowledge, my lips say what is true.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/38-25.htm">Job 38:25</a></span><br />Who hath divided a watercourse for the <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/40-11.htm">Job 40:11</a></span><br />Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.<br /><span class="source">(Root in ASV BBE NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/40-23.htm">Job 40:23</a></span><br />Truly, if the river is <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span>, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/23-5.htm">Psalms 23:5</a></span><br />You make ready a table for me in front of my haters: you put oil on my head; my cup is <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span>. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/32-6.htm">Psalms 32:6</a></span><br />For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> of the great waters will not overtake him. <br /><span class="source">(BBE YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/42-4.htm">Psalms 42:4</a></span><br />Let my soul be <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/75-8.htm">Psalms 75:8</a></span><br />For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red; it is well mixed, <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> from his hand: he will make all the sinners of the earth take of it, even to the last drop.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/78-20.htm">Psalms 78:20</a></span><br />See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the water came rushing out, and <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> streams; is he able to give us bread? is he able to get meat for his people?<br /><span class="source">(BBE NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/140-11.htm">Psalms 140:11</a></span><br />A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span>.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/3-10.htm">Proverbs 3:10</a></span><br />So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> with new wine.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/27-4.htm">Proverbs 27:4</a></span><br />Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> stream; but who does not give way before envy?<br /><span class="source">(BBE YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/8-7.htm">Isaiah 8:7</a></span><br />For this cause the Lord is sending on them the waters of the River, deep and strong, even the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it will come up through all its streams, <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> all its edges:<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/8-8.htm">Isaiah 8:8</a></span><br />and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/10-22.htm">Isaiah 10:22</a></span><br />For though your people, Israel, are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. A destruction is determined, <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> with righteousness.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/17-11.htm">Isaiah 17:11</a></span><br />In the day thy plant thou causest to become great, And in the morning thy seed makest to flourish, A heap 'is' the harvest in a day of <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span>, And of mortal pain.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/28-2.htm">Isaiah 28:2</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one. Like a storm of hail, a destroying storm, and like a storm of mighty waters <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span>, he will cast them down to the earth with his hand.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/28-15.htm">Isaiah 28:15</a></span><br />"Because you have said,'We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we in agreement. When the <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> scourge passes through, it won't come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.'"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/28-18.htm">Isaiah 28:18</a></span><br />Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand. When the <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/30-28.htm">Isaiah 30:28</a></span><br />His breath is as an <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle that leads to ruin will be in the jaws of the peoples.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/54-8.htm">Isaiah 54:8</a></span><br />In <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting loving kindness will I have mercy on you," says Yahweh your Redeemer.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV BBE YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/66-11.htm">Isaiah 66:11</a></span><br />So that you may take of the comfort flowing from her breasts, and be delighted with the full measure of her glory.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/66-12.htm">Isaiah 66:12</a></span><br />For thus says Yahweh, "Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> stream: and you will nurse. You will be carried on her side, and will be dandled on her knees.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Jeremiah 13:17</a></span><br />But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and my eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Yahweh's flock is taken captive.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/47-2.htm">Jeremiah 47:2</a></span><br />Thus says Yahweh: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/13-11.htm">Ezekiel 13:11</a></span><br />tell those who daub it with whitewash, that it shall fall: there shall be an <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> shower; and you, great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/13-13.htm">Ezekiel 13:13</a></span><br />Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will even tear it with a stormy wind in my wrath; and there shall be an <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> shower in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Ezekiel 38:22</a></span><br />With pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him, and on his hordes, and on the many peoples who are with him, an <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> shower, and great hailstones, fire, and sulfur.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/daniel/9-26.htm">Daniel 9:26</a></span><br />And at the end of the times, even after the sixty-two weeks, one on whom the holy oil has been put will be cut off and have no ...; and the town and the holy place will be made waste together with a prince; and the end will come with an <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> of waters, and even to the end there will be war; the making waste which has been fixed.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/daniel/11-10.htm">Daniel 11:10</a></span><br />And his son will make war, and will get together an army of great forces, and he will make an attack on him, <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> and going past: and he will again take the war even to his strong place.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/daniel/11-22.htm">Daniel 11:22</a></span><br />And the <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> forces shall be overflowed from before him, and shall be broken: yea, also the prince of the covenant.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/daniel/11-40.htm">Daniel 11:40</a></span><br />And at the time of the end, the king of the south will make an attack on him: and the king of the north will come against him like a storm-wind, with war-carriages and horsemen and numbers of ships; and he will go through many lands like <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> waters.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joel/2-24.htm">Joel 2:24</a></span><br />And the floors will be full of grain, and the crushing-places <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> with wine and oil.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joel/3-13.htm">Joel 3:13</a></span><br />Put in the blade, for the grain is ready: come, get you down, for the wine-crusher is full, the vessels are <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span>; for great is their evil-doing.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/amos/8-8.htm">Amos 8:8</a></span><br />Will not the land be shaking with fear because of this, and everyone in it have sorrow? and all of it will be <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> like the River; and it will be troubled and go down again like the River of Egypt.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/amos/9-5.htm">Amos 9:5</a></span><br />For the Lord, the God of armies, is he at whose touch the land is turned to water, and everyone in it will be given up to sorrow; all of it will be <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> like the River, and will go down again like the River of Egypt;<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nahum/1-8.htm">Nahum 1:8</a></span><br />But with an <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.<br /><span class="source">(WEB BBE NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Habakkuk 3:10</a></span><br />The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the <span class="boldtext">overflowing</span> of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/o/overflowing.htm">Overflowing</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/overflowing.htm">Overflowing (54 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/overflown.htm">Overflown (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/wears.htm">Wears (6 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/o/overfloweth.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Overfloweth"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Overfloweth" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/o/overflowing_cup.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Overflowing Cup"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Overflowing Cup" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>