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John 7:38

He who believes in me, just as the scripture says, rivers of living water will flow from his stomach.”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

37Now on the last, great day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.

39But he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him would receive; the Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus was not yet glorified.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 18:15Yahweh your God will raise up for you a prophet from among you, one of your brothers, like me. You must listen to him.

Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous person is a water spring of life, 1 but the mouth of the wicked covers up violence. 1

Isaiah 12:3With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. 1

Isaiah 58:11Then Yahweh will lead you continually and satisfy you in regions where there is no water, 1 and he will strengthen your bones. You will be like a watered garden, 1 and like a spring of water, whose waters never fail. 1

Ezekiel 47:1Then the man took me back to the entrance to the temple, and there was water flowing out from under the temple threshold of the house toward the east—for the front of the temple faced east—and the water was flowing down the south side of the temple, to the right of the altar.

John 4:10Jesus answered and said to her, “If you had known the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

Matthew Henry on John 7:38-45

The Gospel Invitation. 37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the… Read the whole commentary →

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