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However, the idea of an outlet can be understood in various contexts, such as the release or expression of emotions, the flow of water, or the means by which something is discharged or expressed. The Bible often uses imagery and metaphor to convey these ideas, which can be seen in several passages.<br><br><b>Water as an Outlet</b><br><br>Water is frequently used in the Bible as a symbol of life, cleansing, and the Holy Spirit. In the context of an outlet, water can represent the flow of God's blessings or the outpouring of His Spirit. In <a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Isaiah 44:3</a> , the Lord promises, "For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring, and My blessing on your descendants." Here, the imagery of water being poured out serves as an outlet of divine grace and favor.<br><br>Similarly, in <a href="/john/7-38.htm">John 7:38</a> , Jesus speaks of the believer as a source of living water: "Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." This passage suggests that faith in Christ creates an outlet for the Holy Spirit to flow through the believer, bringing life and refreshment to others.<br><br><b>Emotional and Spiritual Outlets</b><br><br>The Psalms often reflect the human need for emotional and spiritual outlets. The psalmists express their deepest fears, joys, and sorrows to God, demonstrating that prayer and worship are vital outlets for the soul. <a href="/psalms/62-8.htm">Psalm 62:8</a> encourages believers to "Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge." This verse highlights the importance of turning to God as an outlet for our burdens and emotions.<br><br><b>Outlets for Sin and Temptation</b><br><br>The Bible also addresses the concept of outlets in the context of sin and temptation. <a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a> warns, "But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death." Here, the progression from temptation to sin can be seen as an outlet for evil desires, leading to spiritual death.<br><br>In contrast, <a href="/1_corinthians/10-13.htm">1 Corinthians 10:13</a> offers hope by stating, "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it." This passage assures believers that God provides an outlet or escape from temptation, enabling them to endure and overcome.<br><br><b>Outlets in Community and Service</b><br><br>The New Testament emphasizes the role of the Christian community as an outlet for love, service, and spiritual gifts. In <a href="/1_peter/4-10.htm">1 Peter 4:10</a> , believers are instructed, "As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another." The church serves as an outlet for the expression of spiritual gifts, fostering mutual edification and growth.<br><br>Furthermore, <a href="/galatians/6-10.htm">Galatians 6:10</a> encourages believers to "do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers." Acts of service and kindness are outlets for the love and compassion that God has placed in the hearts of His people.<br><br>In summary, while the term "outlet" is not explicitly used in the Bible, the concept is woven throughout Scripture in various forms, illustrating the ways in which God's grace, human emotions, and spiritual gifts find expression and release.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.<p>2. (<I>v. t.</I>) To let out; to emit.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/1327b.htm"><span class="l">1327b. diexodos -- a way out through, an <b>outlet</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> 1327a, 1327b. diexodos. 1328 . a way out through, an <b>outlet</b>.<br> Transliteration: diexodos Short Definition: main. Word Origin from <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1327b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p><a href="/greek/1327.htm"><span class="l">1327. diexodos -- to consider, reflect</span></a> <br><b>...</b> an <b>outlet</b>, a way out From dia and exodos; an <b>outlet</b> through, ie Probably an open<br> square (from which roads diverge) -- highway. see GREEK dia. see GREEK exodos. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1327.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1337.htm"><span class="l">1337. dithalassos -- divided into two seas, dividing the sea (as a <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> where two seas meet. From dis and thalassa; having two seas, ie A sound with a double<br> <b>outlet</b> -- where two seas meet. see GREEK dis. see GREEK thalassa. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1337.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/4161.htm"><span class="l">4161. motsa -- a place or act of going forth, issue, export <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> spring NASB Word Usage east (1), exits (3), fountains (1), going (2), going forth<br> (1), import (1), imported (1), issuing (1), mine (1), <b>outlet</b> (1), proceeds (2 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4161.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_on_prayer/five_outlets_of_power.htm"><span class="l">Five Outlets of Power.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Prayer the Greatest <b>Outlet</b> of Power Five Outlets of Power. A <b>...</b> name. And by<br> all odds the greatest of these is the <b>outlet</b> through prayer. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on prayer/five outlets of power.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gregory/gregory_of_nyssa_dogmatic_treatises_etc/chapter_viii_let_no_one.htm"><span class="l">Let no one Think However that Herein we Depreciate Marriage as an <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> the husbandman, in order to irrigate a particular spot, is bringing the stream thither,<br> but there is need before it gets there of a small <b>outlet</b>, he will allow <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/chapter viii let no one.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/life_and_works_of_rufinus_with_jeromes_apology_against_rufinus_/19_you_allude_to_vigilantius.htm"><span class="l">You Allude to vigilantius. What Dream this is that You have <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Through his folly your hatred against me found an <b>outlet</b> for its fury; and, if I<br> wrote a letter to suppress it, so that you should not be thought to be the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../19 you allude to vigilantius.htm</font><p><a href="/library/robertson/sermons_preached_at_brighton/ix_sensual_and_spiritual_excitement.htm"><span class="l">Sensual and Spiritual Excitement.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> feeling intensely. Now the proper and natural <b>outlet</b> for this feeling is<br> the life of the Spirit. What is religion but fuller life? To <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../robertson/sermons preached at brighton/ix sensual and spiritual excitement.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_on_prayer/"><span class="l">Quiet Talks on Prayer</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Title Page. I. The Meaning And Mission Of Prayer. Prayer the Greatest <b>Outlet</b> of<br> Power. Five Outlets of Power. In touch with a planet. Intercession is Service. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on prayer/</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_11_1865/confession_of_sin_illustrated_by.htm"><span class="l">Confession of Sin Illustrated by the Cases of Dr. Pritchard and <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> He tells us, that for a time he kept silence, and then his heart became more and<br> more filled with grief: like some mountain tarn whose <b>outlet</b> is blocked up <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 11 1865/confession of sin illustrated by.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_26_1880/the_holy_spirits_intercession.htm"><span class="l">The Holy Spirit's Intercession</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Prayer is a great <b>outlet</b> for grief; it draws up the sluices, and abates<br> the swelling flood, which else might be too strong for us. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 26 1880/the holy spirits intercession.htm</font><p><a href="/library/rauschenbusch/the_social_principles_of_jesus/chapter_viii_private_property_and.htm"><span class="l">Private Property and the Common Good</span></a> <br><b>...</b> property is at the same time a necessary expression of personality and stimulator<br> of character, and, on the other hand, a chief <b>outlet</b> and fortification of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the social principles of jesus/chapter viii private property and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/brown/the_story_of_the_hymns_and_tunes/introduction.htm"><span class="l">Introduction.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Brooks tells us that "most of his verse he wrote rapidly without revising, not putting<br> much thought into it but using it as the vehicle and <b>outlet</b> of his <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/brown/the story of the hymns and tunes/introduction.htm</font><p><a href="/library/taylor/a_retrospect/chapter_ii_the_call_to.htm"><span class="l">The Call to Service</span></a> <br><b>...</b> for me"who had saved me when I had given up all hope and even desire for<br> salvation"I besought Him to give me some work to do for Him, as an <b>outlet</b> for love <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/taylor/a retrospect/chapter ii the call to.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/o/outlet.htm"><span class="l"><b>Outlet</b> (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Outlet</b> (3 Occurrences). <b>...</b> (YLT). James 3:11 Does the fountain<br> send from the same <b>outlet</b> sweet and bitter water? (BBE). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/outlet.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/vent.htm"><span class="l">Vent (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 9. (n.) Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; <b>outlet</b>. <b>...</b><br> (vt) To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage or <b>outlet</b> to. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/vent.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/graecia.htm"><span class="l">Graecia</span></a><br><b>...</b> of a series of somewhat considerable basins, which become lakes in winter and are<br> pestilent marshes in summer, except where Nature or man has afforded an <b>outlet</b><b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/graecia.htm - 21k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/neiel.htm"><span class="l">Neiel (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> It has been identified with the ruin Y'anin, near the <b>outlet</b> of the Wady esh<br> Sha-ghur, less than 2 miles north of Kabul, and 16 miles east of Caesarea. Int. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/neiel.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/overflow.htm"><span class="l">Overflow (43 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6. (n.) That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance. 7. (n.)<br> An <b>outlet</b> for the escape of surplus liquid. Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/overflow.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/outlay.htm"><span class="l">Outlay (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/outlay.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/outlets.htm"><span class="l">Outlets (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/outlets.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/overtaken.htm"><span class="l">Overtaken (36 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye<br> are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the <b>outlet</b>, for your <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/overtaken.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/irrigation.htm"><span class="l">Irrigation</span></a><br><b>...</b> Where a spring is small, its supply is gathered into a birket, or cistern, and then<br> drawn off through a large <b>outlet</b> into the trenches, sometimes several days <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/irrigation.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fountain.htm"><span class="l">Fountain (57 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> This peculiarity is accounted for by the supposition that the <b>outlet</b> from the reservoir<br> is by a passage in the form of a siphon. Noah Webster's Dictionary. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fountain.htm - 30k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/sexual-desires.html">Are sexual desires inherently sinful? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-venting.html">What does the Bible say about venting? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/grounding-earthing.html">What is grounding / earthing, and is it biblical? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/outlet.htm">Outlet: 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">Outlet (3 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-13.htm">1 Corinthians 10:13</a></span><br />No temptation hath taken you -- except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the <span class="boldtext">outlet</span>, for your being able to bear 'it'.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/3-11.htm">James 3:11</a></span><br />Does the fountain send from the same <span class="boldtext">outlet</span> sweet and bitter water? <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/32-30.htm">2 Chronicles 32:30</a></span><br />And he, Hezekiah, stopped the upper <span class="boldtext">outlet</span> of the waters of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/o/outlet.htm">Outlet</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/outline.htm">Outline (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/outlet.htm">Outlet (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/inlets.htm">Inlets (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/manifold.htm">Manifold (23 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/measurement.htm">Measurement (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/openings.htm">Openings (27 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/arabia.htm">Arabia (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/graecia.htm">Graecia</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/n/northward.htm">Northward (41 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/phoenicians.htm">Phoenicians</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/phoenicia.htm">Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/greece.htm">Greece (15 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/o/outlay.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Outlay"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Outlay" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/o/outlets.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Outlets"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Outlets" /></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 />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <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>