Bible Verses About Wells

“We will stay on the main road,” the Israelites replied, “and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay for it. There will be no problem; only let us pass through on foot.”

From there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.”

Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well, all of you sing to it!

The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,

with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,

But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.

David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”

They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.

David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,

Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.

As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.

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

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.

The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.

I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.

You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.

With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,

The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.

As for you,because of the blood of My covenant,I will release your prisonersfrom the waterless pit.

Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)