Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well.

Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas?

“Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!”

When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water;

Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; stop it before strife breaks out!

Counsel in a person’s heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.

As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person’s heart reflects the person.

when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

The words of a person’s mouth are like deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

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

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 person, so is good news from a distant land.

the grave, the barren womb, land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says, “Enough!”

Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? Who has bound up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name? – if you know!