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Psalms 46:4

Psalms 46:4 is verse 4 of Psalms chapter 46, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

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King James Version

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

World English Bible

There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

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Psalms 46:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,

3 though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah

4 There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

5 God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.

6 Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 23:2

He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

Psalms 36:8

They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

Psalms 36:9

For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

Isaiah 8:6

“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

Isaiah 8:7

the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates — the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.

Isaiah 48:18

If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.

Ezekiel 47:1

Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.

Ezekiel 47:2

Next he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side.

Ezekiel 47:3

As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through ankle-deep water.

Ezekiel 47:4

Then he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through knee-deep water. Again he measured a thousand cubits and led me through waist-deep water.

Ezekiel 47:5

Once again he measured off a thousand cubits, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough for swimming—a river that could not be crossed on foot.

Ezekiel 47:6

“Son of man, do you see this?” he asked. Then he led me back to the bank of the river.

Ezekiel 47:7

When I arrived, I saw a great number of trees along both banks of the river.

Ezekiel 47:8

And he said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh.

Ezekiel 47:9

Wherever the river flows, there will be swarms of living creatures and a great number of fish, because it flows there and makes the waters fresh; so wherever the river flows, everything will flourish.

Ezekiel 47:10

Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.

Ezekiel 47:11

But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.

Ezekiel 47:12

Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Revelation 22:2

down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 22:3

No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.

Psalms 48:1

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.

Psalms 48:8

As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah

Psalms 87:3

Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah

2 Chronicles 6:6

But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

Isaiah 37:35

‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

Isaiah 37:36

Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

Isaiah 60:14

The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Hebrews 12:22

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

Revelation 21:2

I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Revelation 21:3

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.

Revelation 21:10

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

Deuteronomy 12:11

then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.

Deuteronomy 12:12

And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

Psalms 91:1

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalms 92:1

It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

Psalms 92:8

But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

Micah 6:6

With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

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