John 4:14: "'but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.'"
1 Samuel 7:3-12: "3 And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, 'If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.' 4 So the people of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and they served the LORD only.
"5 Then Samuel said, 'Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you.' 6 So they gathered at Mizpah and drew water and poured it out before the LORD and fasted on that day and said there, 'We have sinned against the LORD.' And Samuel judged the people of Israel at Mizpah. 7 Now when the Philistines heard that the people of Israel had gathered at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the people of Israel heard of it, they were afraid of the Philistines. 8 And the people of Israel said to Samuel, 'Do not cease to cry out to the LORD our God for us, that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines.' 9 So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. And Samuel cried out to the LORD for Israel, and the LORD answered him. 10 As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel. But the LORD thundered with a mighty sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were routed before Israel. 11 And the men of Israel went out from Mizpah and pursued the Philistines and struck them, as far as below Beth-car.
"12 Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen and called its name Ebenezer; for he said, 'Till now the LORD has helped us.'"
1 Peter 1:18-19: "18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot."
Ephesians 1:13-14: "13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquired possession of it, to the praise of his glory."
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The text is public domain:
Come, Thou Fount of ev'ry blessing,Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;Streams of mercy, never ceasing,Call for songs of loudest praise.While the hope of endless gloryFills my heart with joy and love,Teach me ever to adore Thee;May I still Thy goodness prove.Here I raise my Ebenezer,Hither by Thy help I've come;And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,Safely to arrive at home.Jesus sought me when a stranger,Wand'ring from the fold of God;He, to rescue me from danger,Interposed His precious blood.Oh, to grace how great a debtorDaily I'm constrained to be;Let that grace now like a fetterBind my wand'ring heart to Thee:Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it;Prone to leave the God I love,Here's my heart, O take and seal it,Seal it for Thy courts above.Oh, that day when freed from sinning,I shall see Thy lovely face;Clothed then in the blood-washed linen,How I'll sing Thy wondrous grace!Come, my Lord, no longer tarry;Take my ransom'd soul away;Send Thine angels soon to carryMe to realms of endless day.
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John 4:14 appears in the first verse as "Thou Fount of ev'ry blessing" and "Streams of mercy, never ceasing."
The passage from 1 Samuel 7 is cited as context for the line "Here I raise my Ebenezer" in the second verse.
The passage from 1 Peter 1, specifically "the precious blood of Christ" in verse 19, appears at the end of the second verse: "He, to rescue me from danger, / Interposed His precious blood."
The passage from Ephesians 1 appears at the end of the third verse: "Here's my heart, O take and seal it, / Seal it for Thy courts above."
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Perhaps coincidentally, the lines "Jesus sought me when a stranger, / Wand'ring from the fold of God" in the second verse recall the parable of the lost sheep in Luke 15:3-7.
The line "Clothed then in the blood-washed linen" in the fourth verse refers to Revelation 7:13-14: "13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, 'Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?' 14 I said to him, 'Sir, you know.' And he said to me, 'These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.'"
