“I was almost in utter ruin
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”

Drink water from your own cistern
And fresh water from your own well.

Should your springs be dispersed abroad,
Streams of water in the streets?

“For my mouth will utter truth;
And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

“When there were no depths I was brought forth,
When there were no springs abounding with water.

When He set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not transgress His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth;

“Stolen water is sweet;
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
So abandon the quarrel before it breaks out.

A plan in the heart of a man is like deep water,
But a man of understanding draws it out.

The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord;
He turns it wherever He wishes.

Your eyes will see strange things
And your mind will utter perverse things.

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

Like cold water to a weary soul,
So is good news from a distant land.

As in water face reflects face,
So the heart of man reflects man.

Sheol, and the barren womb,
Earth that is never satisfied with water,
And fire that never says, “Enough.”