John 7:38 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁸ and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁸ He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ He who believes in Me [who cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me] as the Scripture has said, From his innermost being shall flow [continuously] springs and rivers of living water.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁸ He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.

Common English Bible

³⁸ All who believe in me should drink! As the scriptures said concerning me, Rivers of living water will flow out from within him. ”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ whoever believes in me, just as Scripture says, 'From his chest shall flow rivers of living water.' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁸ He that believeth in me, as the scripture saith, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

John 7:38 Cross References

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 18:4

The words of the mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a gushing stream.

Isaiah 12:3

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

Isaiah 35:6

then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy. For waters shall break forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert;

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my spirit upon your descendants and my blessing on your offspring.

Isaiah 55:1

Hear, everyone who thirsts; come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Isaiah 58:11

The Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your needs in parched places and make your bones strong, and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water whose waters never fail.

Isaiah 59:21

And as for me, this is my covenant with them, says the Lord: my spirit that is upon you and my words that I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth or out of the mouths of your children or out of the mouths of your children’s children, says the Lord, from now on and forever.

Zechariah 14:8

On that day living water shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of it to the eastern sea and half of it to the western sea; it shall continue in summer as in winter.

John 4:10

Jesus answered her, “If you knew 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.”

John 4:14

but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.”

Ephesians 5:9

for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true.

Deuteronomy 18:15

“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you shall heed such a prophet.