Cistern: Figurative
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2 Kings 18:31
Listen not to Hezekiah: for thus said the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat you every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink you every one the waters of his cistern:
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Proverbs 5:15
Drink waters out of your own cistern, and running waters out of your own well.
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Ecclesiastes 12:6
Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
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Jesus at the Well of Sychar
... In the Old Testament a perennial spring had, in figurative language, been thus
designated, [1978] in significant contrast to water accumulated in a cistern. ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter viii jesus at the.htm

Baptism.
... or small, cold or warm, fresh or salt, from river, cistern, or spring ... In the figurative
phrase baptizein en pneumati hagio, to overwhelm, plentifully to endow ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 54 baptism.htm

The Woman of Samaria.
... further describes this gift as "living water," a description suggested by the
circumstances, and only figurative. ... It is not a little cistern that soon runs dry ...
/.../the expositors bible the gospel of st john vol i/ix the woman of samaria.htm

Exegetic.
... Drink waters out of thine own cistern.' [502] Look, that is to say, at ... mouth without
measure," [528] it is remarked that these are figurative expressions to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/basil/basil letters and select works/ii exegetic.htm

The Holy City; Or, the New Jerusalem:
... Besides, I am for drinking water out of my own cistern;[4] what God makes mine by
the evidence of his Word and Spirit, that I dare make bold with. ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the holy city or the.htm

Resources
What is the significance of Dothan in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

The Fruit of the Holy Spirit What is patience? | GotQuestions.org

What did it mean to tear one's clothes in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Cistern: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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