Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: