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These torrents, also known as wadis, are typically dry riverbeds that can suddenly become raging rivers during the rainy season. The imagery of torrents is used throughout the Bible to convey various spiritual and moral lessons, as well as to describe physical phenomena. Biblical References: 1. <a href="/judges/5-21.htm">Judges 5:21</a> · In the Song of Deborah, the torrent of Kishon is mentioned as a divine instrument of victory: "The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!" . Here, the torrent is depicted as a powerful force used by God to defeat the enemies of Israel, illustrating His sovereignty and might. 2. <a href="/psalms/18-4.htm">Psalm 18:4</a> · Torrents are used metaphorically to describe overwhelming danger and distress: "The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me." . This verse highlights the perilous nature of torrents, symbolizing the overwhelming challenges and threats faced by the psalmist. 3. <a href="/proverbs/27-4.htm">Proverbs 27:4</a> · The destructive power of torrents is likened to human emotions: "Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?" . This comparison underscores the uncontrollable and devastating impact of unchecked emotions, much like the sudden and forceful torrents. 4. <a href="/isaiah/30-28.htm">Isaiah 30:28</a> · The prophet Isaiah uses the imagery of torrents to describe God's judgment: "His breath is like an overflowing torrent that rises to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction and to place on the jaws of the peoples a bridle that leads them astray." . This passage emphasizes the inescapable and consuming nature of divine judgment. 5. <a href="/matthew/7-25.htm">Matthew 7:25</a> · In the New Testament, Jesus uses the imagery of torrents in His parable of the wise and foolish builders: "The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock." . Here, torrents symbolize the trials and tribulations of life, and the parable teaches the importance of a strong spiritual foundation. Theological Significance: Torrents in the Bible often symbolize the overwhelming and uncontrollable forces of nature, which serve as a reminder of God's power and the need for human reliance on Him. They are used to illustrate both divine judgment and deliverance, as well as the trials that believers may face. The imagery of torrents conveys the message that, while life may bring sudden and intense challenges, faith in God provides stability and protection. Cultural and Historical Context: In the ancient Near East, the phenomenon of torrents was well understood due to the region's climate and geography. The sudden transformation of dry riverbeds into powerful streams during the rainy season was a common occurrence, making the imagery of torrents a vivid and relatable metaphor for biblical audiences. This natural occurrence was often seen as a demonstration of God's control over creation and His ability to use natural forces for His purposes. Overall, the concept of torrents in the Bible serves as a powerful metaphor for the challenges of life, the might of God, and the necessity of a firm foundation in faith.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5599a.htm">5599a. saphiach -- outpouring</a> ... outpouring. Transliteration: saphiach Short Definition: torrents. Word Origin from an unused word Definition outpouring NASB Word Usage torrents (1). ... /hebrew/5599a.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/650.htm">650. aphiq -- a channel</a> ... Word Origin from aphaq Definition a channel NASB Word Usage brooks (3), channels (3), ravines (6), streams (3), strong (1), torrents (1), tubes (1). ... /hebrew/650.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5158a.htm">5158a. nachal -- torrent, torrent-valley, wadi</a> ... brook (44), brooks (5), flowing (1), ravine (2), ravines (2), river (13), rivers (5), shaft (1), stream (5), streams (5), torrent (7), torrents (3), valley (39 ... /hebrew/5158a.htm - 5k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/bouvieres/a_short_method_of_prayer_and_spiritual_torrents/">A Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual Torrents</a> A Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual Torrents. <. A Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual Torrents Jeanne Marie Bouvi??res. ... /.../bouvieres/a short method of prayer and spiritual torrents/<a href="/library/bouvieres/a_short_method_of_prayer_and_spiritual_torrents/title_page.htm">A Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual Torrents</a> A Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual Torrents. <. ... Title Page. A SHORT METHOD OF PRAYER and. SPIRITUAL TORRENTS. BY JMB DE LA MOTHE GUYON. ... /.../bouvieres/a short method of prayer and spiritual torrents/title page.htm<a href="/library/bouvieres/a_short_method_of_prayer_and_spiritual_torrents/preface_to_the_english_protestant.htm">Preface to the English Protestant Edition.</a> A Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual Torrents. <. ... /.../preface to the english protestant.htm<a href="/library/augustine/exposition_on_the_book_of_psalms/psalm_cxxvi.htm">Psalm CXXVI.</a> ... 7. "Turn our captivity, O Lord, as the torrents in the south" (ver.4). Consider, my brethren, what this meaneth....As torrents are turned in the south, so turn ... /.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxxvi.htm<a href="/library/bouvieres/a_short_method_of_prayer_and_spiritual_torrents/chapter_x_higher_degree_of.htm">Higher Degree of Prayer, which is that of the Simple Presence of ...</a> A Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual Torrents. <. ... 1. This subject is pursued in the treatise entitled "Spiritual Torrents.". ... /.../a short method of prayer and spiritual torrents/chapter x higher degree of.htm<a href="/library/bouvieres/a_short_method_of_prayer_and_spiritual_torrents/chapter_iii_second_degree_of.htm">Second Degree of Prayer, Called Here "The Prayer of Simplicity. "</a> A Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual Torrents. <. ... /.../chapter iii second degree of.htm<a href="/library/bouvieres/a_short_method_of_prayer_and_spiritual_torrents/chapter_iv_on_spiritual_dryness.htm">On Spiritual Dryness.</a> A Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual Torrents. <. ... /.../chapter iv on spiritual dryness.htm<a href="/library/bouvieres/a_short_method_of_prayer_and_spiritual_torrents/chapter_v_abandonment_to_godits.htm">Abandonment to God --Its Fruit and Its Irrevocability --In what it ...</a> A Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual Torrents. <. ... /.../chapter v abandonment to godits.htm<a href="/library/bouvieres/a_short_method_of_prayer_and_spiritual_torrents/chapter_viii_on_virtueall_virtues.htm">On virtue --All virtues Given with God in this Degree of the ...</a> A Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual Torrents. <. ... /.../chapter viii on virtueall virtues.htm<a href="/library/bouvieres/a_short_method_of_prayer_and_spiritual_torrents/chapter_vi_of_suffering_which.htm">Of Suffering which must be Accepted as from God --Its Fruits.</a> A Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual Torrents. <. ... /.../chapter vi of suffering which.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/t/torrents.htm">Torrents (17 Occurrences)</a> ... Multi-Version Concordance Torrents (17 Occurrences). ... 2 Samuel 22:5 For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid. (DBY NAS RSV NIV). ... /t/torrents.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/f/falls.htm">Falls (79 Occurrences)</a> ... Matthew 7:25 and the heavy rain falls, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and beat against the house; yet it does not fall, for its foundation is on ... /f/falls.htm - 28k<a href="/topical/e/encompassed.htm">Encompassed (34 Occurrences)</a> ... shall kill him. (WBS). 2 Samuel 22:5 For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid. (DBY NAS RSV). 2 Samuel ... /e/encompassed.htm - 15k<a href="/topical/s/swollen.htm">Swollen (7 Occurrences)</a> ... Matthew 7:25 and the heavy rain falls, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and beat against the house; yet it does not fall, for its foundation is on ... /s/swollen.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/b/blow.htm">Blow (124 Occurrences)</a> ... Matthew 7:25 and the heavy rain falls, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and beat against the house; yet it does not fall, for its foundation is on ... /b/blow.htm - 42k<a href="/topical/b/belial.htm">Belial (23 Occurrences)</a> ... Belial: (KJV DBY WBS). 2 Samuel 22:5 For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid. (DBY JPS). 2 Samuel 23 ... /b/belial.htm - 16k<a href="/topical/h/heavy.htm">Heavy (110 Occurrences)</a> ... Matthew 7:25 and the heavy rain falls, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and beat against the house; yet it does not fall, for its foundation is on ... /h/heavy.htm - 44k<a href="/topical/t/tortoise.htm">Tortoise (1 Occurrence)</a> /t/tortoise.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/s/sea.htm">Sea (4178 Occurrences)</a> ... day," Tristram remarks, "we have seen the clouds, after pouring their fatness on Samaria and Judea, pass over the valley, and then descend in torrents on the ... /s/sea.htm - 87k<a href="/topical/d/dead.htm">Dead (580 Occurrences)</a> ... day," Tristram remarks, "we have seen the clouds, after pouring their fatness on Samaria and Judea, pass over the valley, and then descend in torrents on the ... /d/dead.htm - 80k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/losing-faith.html">How can we prevent our young people from losing faith? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Russia-end-times.html">Does the Bible say anything about Russia in relation to the end times? | GotQuestions.org</a> <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>Torrents (17 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/7-25.htm">Matthew 7:25</a> and the heavy rain falls, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and beat against the house; yet it does not fall, for its foundation is on rock. (WEY)<a href="/matthew/7-27.htm">Matthew 7:27</a> The heavy rain descends, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and burst upon the house, and it falls; and disastrous is the fall." (WEY)<a href="/2_samuel/22-5.htm">2 Samuel 22:5</a> For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid. (DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/18-5.htm">1 Kings 18:5</a> and Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the fountains of water and to all the torrents, perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and the mules alive, so that we may not have to destroy some of our beasts. (DBY)<a href="/job/6-15.htm">Job 6:15</a> My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away; (See NAS)<a href="/job/14-19.htm">Job 14:19</a> The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/22-24.htm">Job 22:24</a> And put the precious ore with the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrents, (DBY)<a href="/job/30-6.htm">Job 30:6</a> So that they dwell in frightful valleys, and in holes of the earth and of the rocks. (See RSV)<a href="/job/38-25.htm">Job 38:25</a> Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm; (See RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/18-4.htm">Psalms 18:4</a> The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid. (DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/74-15.htm">Psalms 74:15</a> You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers. (See NAS)<a href="/isaiah/34-9.htm">Isaiah 34:9</a> And the torrents thereof shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone; yea, the land thereof shall become burning pitch: (DBY)<a href="/isaiah/35-6.htm">Isaiah 35:6</a> then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and torrents in the desert. (DBY)<a href="/ezekiel/13-11.htm">Ezekiel 13:11</a> say unto them that daub it with whited plaster, that it shall fall; there shall be an overflowing shower, and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall, and a stormy wind shall break forth, (See NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/13-13.htm">Ezekiel 13:13</a> Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: I will even cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in Mine anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it. (See NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Ezekiel 38:22</a> 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 overflowing shower, and great hailstones, fire, and sulfur. (See NIV)<a href="/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Habakkuk 3:10</a> The mountains saw thee, they were in travail: Torrents of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, Lifted up its hands on high. (DBY NIV)<a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><a href="/topical/t/torrents.htm">Torrents</a><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><a href="/topical/f/falls.htm">Falls (79 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/e/encompassed.htm">Encompassed (34 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/s/swollen.htm">Swollen (7 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/b/blow.htm">Blow (124 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/b/belial.htm">Belial (23 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/h/heavy.htm">Heavy (110 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/t/tortoise.htm">Tortoise (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/s/sea.htm">Sea (4178 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/d/dead.htm">Dead (580 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/y/yet.htm">Yet (1244 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/o/ore.htm">Ore (5 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/f/foundation.htm">Foundation (82 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/t/torrential.htm">Torrential (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/r/river.htm">River (189 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/d/descends.htm">Descends (6 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/d/disastrous.htm">Disastrous (2 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/p/palestine.htm">Palestine (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/b/brook.htm">Brook (75 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/b/burst.htm">Burst (33 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/a/armenia.htm">Armenia (2 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/c/cloud.htm">Cloud (119 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/a/arabah.htm">Arabah (32 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/j/jordan.htm">Jordan (188 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/g/graecia.htm">Graecia</a><a href="/topical/s/semites.htm">Semites</a><a href="/topical/s/semitic.htm">Semitic</a><a href="/topical/t/torrent.htm">Torrent (49 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/s/soil.htm">Soil (59 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/m/minor.htm">Minor (2 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/v/valley.htm">Valley (187 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/a/asia.htm">Asia (22 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/w/wear.htm">Wear (56 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/s/syria.htm">Syria (73 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/v/vale.htm">Vale (20 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/t/travail.htm">Travail (54 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/b/bands.htm">Bands (130 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/d/dust.htm">Dust (182 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/w/wash.htm">Wash (105 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/g/greece.htm">Greece (15 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/p/precious.htm">Precious (128 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/r/religion.htm">Religion (23 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/t/torrential.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Torrential"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Torrential" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/t/torrents_of_chaos.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Torrents of Chaos"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Torrents of Chaos" /></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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> <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>