John 4:14
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Cross-reference
John 4:10 introduces the living water to the Samaritan woman — this verse expands that promise with the image of a well springing up.
John 14:16-19 promises the Spirit as another Helper who indwells believers — the living water that never leaves.
John 10:10 connects: Jesus gives abundant life — the 'eternal life' the living water wells up to.
John 7:39 identifies the living water as the Holy Spirit, which believers would later receive.
John 7:38 repeats the same metaphor: rivers of living water flow from believers, expanding on the internal spring.
John 6:58 says whoever feeds on the living bread will live forever — a parallel promise of eternal life through Christ, just as the living water in John 4:14 leads to eternal life.
John 6:35 echoes the same promise using bread and water imagery — whoever believes in Jesus will never hunger or thirst, paralleling the living water that wells up to eternal life.
John 11:26 promises that whoever believes will never die — a parallel to the 'never thirst' and eternal life in John 4:14, both emphasizing eternal security in Christ.
John 17:2 states that Jesus has authority to give eternal life — the same result as the living water in John 4:14, linking the gift to the Father's purpose.
John 17:3 defines eternal life as knowing God and Jesus — deepening the meaning of the 'eternal life' that the living water produces in John 4:14.
John 6:27 presents food that endures to eternal life — a parallel image of spiritual sustenance leading to eternal life.
John 6:54 uses drinking Jesus' blood for eternal life — similar consumption imagery to drinking living water.
John 10:28 promises eternal life that never perishes — echoing the never-thirsting security of living water.
John 6:40 promises eternal life to every believer — a broader statement that includes the specific gift of living water.
Isaiah 49:10 prophesies God leading His people by springs of water and they will not hunger or thirst — a typological promise fulfilled in the living water Jesus gives in John 4:14.
Romans 6:23 parallels this: eternal life is God's gift, the same outcome promised for those who drink the living water.
2 Corinthians 1:22 calls the Spirit a deposit guaranteeing what is to come — matching the spring welling up to eternal life.
Revelation 7:16 fulfills this image: the redeemed never thirst again, led to springs of living water by the Lamb.
Revelation 22:17 invites the thirsty to take the water of life without price — the same free gift Jesus offered.
1 Corinthians 10:4 identifies Christ as the spiritual rock supplying water—a typological foreshadowing of the living water Jesus gives.
Revelation 7:17 shows the Lamb guiding to springs of living water — the same image as Jesus' promise of eternal water.
Revelation 21:6 offers the spring of the water of life freely to the thirsty — directly echoing Jesus' invitation.
Revelation 22:1 shows the river of water of life from God's throne — the spring becomes a river, expanding the promise.
Exodus 17:6 shows water from a rock — a clear type of Christ providing the living water that satisfies eternally.
Zechariah 14:8 describes living water flowing from Jerusalem in the end times — a prophecy Jesus fulfills as the source of living water.
Jeremiah 17:13 also uses 'fountain of living water' for God — reinforcing Jesus' claim to be the source of eternal life.
Jeremiah 2:13 calls God the 'fountain of living water' — the same image Jesus applies to Himself, showing He is that fountain.
In Psalm 36:9, God is the fountain of life — directly paralleled by Jesus who gives living water that wells up to eternal life.
In Song of Solomon 4:15, 'a well of living water' is the exact OT phrase — Jesus applies this imagery to himself as the giver of eternal life.
Numbers 21:16 records God giving a well to Israel — a type of the living water Jesus gives for eternal life.
Luke 16:24 shows the rich man begging for a drop of water in hell — contrasting sharply with the eternal well of living water Jesus promises.
In Nehemiah 9:20, God gave water for Israel's physical thirst — a pattern echoed in Jesus' gift of living water that quenches eternally.
Ephesians 1:14 describes the Spirit as a guarantee of inheritance — the living water is a foretaste of eternal life.
In Ephesians 1:13, the Holy Spirit seals believers — the same Spirit Jesus calls living water here.
In Isaiah 35:7, water springs up in the desert — a physical restoration that foreshadows the spiritual living water Jesus gives.
Romans 8:16 describes the Spirit’s witness of sonship — the same Spirit that is the living water within.
Ephesians 4:30 warns not to grieve the Holy Spirit — the same Spirit given as living water here.
In Isaiah 43:20, God provides water in the wilderness for His people — a parallel to Christ's living water that satisfies spiritual thirst.
In 1 Chronicles 11:17, David's longing for Bethlehem's water mirrors physical thirst — unlike the ever-flowing spiritual spring Jesus offers.
In 2 Samuel 23:15, David craves literal water from Bethlehem — a physical thirst that contrasts with the eternal satisfaction Jesus gives.
Matthew 5:6 promises satisfaction to those who thirst for righteousness — parallel to Jesus satisfying spiritual thirst with living water.
Acts 26:18 describes the inheritance granted through faith in Jesus—parallel to the eternal life springing from the living water.