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THIRST

(See DESIRE, of the righteous; DROUGHT)

instances of:

♦ Israel in the wilderness:

• Exodus 17:3; Psalms 107:5

♦ Sisera:

• Judges 4:18-19

♦ Samson:

• Judges 15:18

♦ David and his allies in the wilderness:

• 2 Samuel 17:29

♦ the poor:

• Job 24:11

♦ Messiah (i.e., Christ):

• Psalms 69:21; John 19:28

♦ Paul:

• 1 Corinthians 4:11; 2 Corinthians 11:27

satisfaction of:

through divine miracle

• Exodus 17:4-7 (cf. Deuteronomy 8:15; Nehemiah 9:15, 20); Judges 15:18-19

through divine provision

♦ for animals

• Psalms 104:11

♦ for His people

• Isaiah 41:17; 49:10; 65:13; Revelation 7:16

♦ for the thirsty land

• Isaiah 44:3

through human provision

♦ for a thirsty enemy

• Proverbs 25:21; Romans 12:20

♦ for Jesus' brothers (i.e., ethnic kinsmen)

• Matthew 25:35, 40

causes of:

♦ God's discipline upon His people:

• Deuteronomy 28:48; Isaiah 5:13; 65:11-13; Jeremiah 2:25; Lamentations 4:4; Hosea 2:3

♦ poverty of certain people:

• Job 24:11

♦ drink withheld from the thirsty:

• Isaiah 32:6

figurative sense of:

♦ thirst of the soul for God:

• Psalms 42:2; 63:1; 107:9

♦ thirst for spiritual provision from the Lord:

• Isaiah 55:1

♦ thirst for the word of God:

• Amos 8:11-13

♦ Spiritual thirst for righteousness:

• Matthew 5:6

♦ spiritual thirst for Christ's gift of living water (i.e., the Spirit):

• John 4:13-15; 6:35; 7:37-39

♦ thirst for the water of life:

• Revelation 21:6; 22:17

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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