SPRING

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1. Season of, promised annual return of
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. (Genesis 8:2222While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. (Genesis 8:22))
Described
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. (Proverbs 27:2525The hay appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. (Proverbs 27:25))
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. (Song of Solomon 2:11-1311For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 12The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. (Song of Solomon 2:11‑13))
2. Of water
Hot
And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. (Genesis 36:2424And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. (Genesis 36:24))
FIGURATIVE
Corrupt
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. (Proverbs 25:2626A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. (Proverbs 25:26))
Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? (James 3:1111Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? (James 3:11))
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