Say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace."'"

The men of the city said to Elisha, "Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land miscarries."

So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey. There was no water for the army, nor for the animals that followed them.

But Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?" One of the king of Israel's servants answered, "Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah."

For thus says the LORD, 'You will not see wind, neither will you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your livestock and your animals.

You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.'"

It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood.

They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the springs of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth only they left its stones; however the men armed with slings went about it, and struck it.

But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water. Then he cried, and said, "Alas, my master. For it was borrowed."

He answered, "You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master."

It happened on the next day, that he took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died. Then Hazael reigned in his place.

But Rabshakeh said to them, "Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? Hasn't he sent me to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?"

Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,

David longed, and said, "Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate."

The three broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD,

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers' houses.

and say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace."'"

So many people gathered together, and they stopped all the springs, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, "Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?"

Now after this he built an outer wall to the City of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he encircled Ophel with it, and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.

The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.

The children of the gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all one hundred thirty-nine.

This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

Then Ezra rose up from before God's house, and went into the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came there, he ate no bread, nor drank water; for he mourned because of their trespass of the captivity.

(Now the Nethinim lived in Ophel, to the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.)

So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.

The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.

The gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, one hundred thirty-eight.

All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

He read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.

So the people went out, and brought them, and made themselves booths, everyone on the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of God's house, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.

and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.

You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and did not withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.

Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,

By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the City of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water gate eastward.

because they did not meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.

In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, the lot) before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, and chose the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

Letters were sent by couriers into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their possessions.

The king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king's house, to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it was turned out the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them),

The Jews who were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men in Shushan; but they did not lay their hand on the spoil.

This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of that month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a good day, and a day of sending presents of food to one another.

to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar yearly,

For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.

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

"Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?

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

how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water.

You haven't given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,

For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,

Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;

Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?

He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.

As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.

My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it.

You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.

I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.

They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.

Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD, or fully declare all his praise?

He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,

He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.

He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.

who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.

Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.

They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness.

I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly."

Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.

Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?

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

"Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

Sheol, the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that doesn't say, 'Enough.'

I made myself pools of water, to water from it the forest where trees were reared.

Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, washed with milk, mounted like jewels.

Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.

For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.

For behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water;