Proverbs 5:15; Proverbs 5:16; Proverbs 8:29; Proverbs 9:17; Proverbs 17:14; Proverbs 18:4; Proverbs 20:5; Proverbs 21:1; Proverbs 25:21; Proverbs 25:25; Proverbs 27:19; Proverbs 30:4; Proverbs 30:16

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Proverbs 5:15

15 Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.
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Proverbs 5:16

16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
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Proverbs 8:29

29 when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
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Proverbs 9:17

17 “Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”
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Proverbs 17:14

14 Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.
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Proverbs 18:4

4 The words of the mouth are deep waters, but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream.
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Proverbs 20:5

5 The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.
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Proverbs 21:1

1 In the LORD’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him.
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Proverbs 25:21

21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
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Proverbs 25:25

25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
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Proverbs 27:19

19 As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.
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Proverbs 30:4

4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!
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Proverbs 30:16

16 the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’
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