At the head of bustling streets, she crieth aloud, - at the openings of the gates in the city - her sayings, she doth utter: -

Yea if, for understanding, thou cry aloud, for knowledge, utter thy voice;

And they will be life to your soul (your inner self)
And a gracious adornment to your neck (your outer self).

I was almost at utter ruin in the midst of the assembly and congregation."

Drink water from your [own] cistern and flowing waters from inside your own well.

Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?

Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right.

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

When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains 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 secretly is tasty!”

The lips of the righteous know (speak) what is acceptable,
But the mouth of the wicked knows (speaks) what is perverted (twisted).

He that becometh surety for a stranger, goeth to utter ruin, but, he that hateth striking hands, is secure.

A person of blessing will be enriched, and he who gives water also will be refreshed.

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

When the wicked man comes [to the depth of evil], contempt [of all that is pure and good] also comes,
And with inner baseness (dishonor) comes outer shame (scorn).

Supplications, doth the poor man utter, but, the rich, answereth fiercely.

A foolish (ungodly) son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a [quarrelsome] wife are like a constant dripping [of water].

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

Whosoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in utter darkness.

It is a trap for a man to [speak a vow of consecration and] say rashly, “It is holy!”
And [not until] afterward consider [whether he can fulfill it].

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

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

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

Complete your outdoor work, and prepare your field;
afterward, build your house.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

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

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

Who has ascended [to] heaven and come down? Who has gathered [the] wind in the hollow of his hand? Who has wrapped water in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What [is] his name and what is the name of his child? For [surely] you know.

The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.