10 Bible Verses about Wells, Figurative Use

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Jeremiah 17:13

O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who give you up will be put to shame; those who go away from you will be cut off from the earth, because they have given up the Lord, the fountain of living waters.

Jeremiah 2:13

For my people have done two evils; they have given up me, the fountain of living waters, and have made for themselves water-holes, cut out from the rock, broken water-holes, of no use for storing water.

Proverbs 5:15

Let water from your store and not that of others be your drink, and running water from your fountain.

Jeremiah 6:7

As the spring keeps its waters cold, so she keeps her evil in her: the sound of cruel and violent behaviour is in her; before me at all times are disease and wounds.

Proverbs 23:27

For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.

Jeremiah 51:36

For this reason the Lord has said: See, I will give support to your cause, and take payment for what you have undergone; I will make her sea dry, and her fountain without water.

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