Bible Verses About the Well of Living Waters: 12

Q: What Hebrew words sit under well of living waters?

Be'er (H875) — well — mayim (H4325) — waters — and chayyim (H2416) — living.

"You are a garden fountain, a well of flowing water streaming down from Lebanon."

— Song of Songs 4:15 (NIV)

People who search bible verses about the well of living waters want Scripture on Song of Songs 4:15's be'er mayim chayyim — the bride named a well of living / flowing waters — not only the living water John 7 rivers and John 4 gift inventory alone, or the fountain of living waters Jeremiah 2:13 spring-forsaken title alone. This page is a numbered list of twelve passages with the NIV text and a short note on each. Related lists: Bible verses about living water, Bible verses about the fountain of living waters, Bible verses about salvation, Bible verses about hope, Bible verses about faith, Bible verses about God's love, Bible verses about Jesus, Bible verses about Christ, Bible verses about worship, Bible verses about love, Bible verses about the Holy Spirit, and Bible verse of the day. Well of living waters here means the Song 4:15 well phrase and the dug-well / Beer narrative cluster — distinct from living-water gift lists or fountain-of-living-waters alone.

Word study (lead theme). In Hebrew, בְּאֵר be'er (Strong's H875; Bible Hub H875) means well / pit / spring dug as a well, מַיִם mayim (Strong's H4325; Bible Hub H4325) means waters, and חַיִּים chayyim (Strong's H2416; Bible Hub H2416) means living / alive (KJV "living water" at Genesis 26:19). Song of Songs 4:15 joins well and living waters — a well of flowing / living water. This list tracks that well-of-living-waters phrase and related dug-well / Beer / Jacob's-well language centered on the well as a place of living water, not every living-water gift verse or fountain-title verse alone.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Song of Songs 4 presses the garden and sealed-fountain imagery around the bride, and Genesis 26 presses Isaac's dug wells of living water (Bible Hub MHC Song of Songs 4; Blue Letter Bible, Matthew Henry on Song of Songs 4; Bible Hub MHC Genesis 26; Blue Letter Bible, Matthew Henry on Genesis 26). (Living water and fountain-of-living-waters live on those pages; this list centers Song 4:15's well-of-living-waters confession and the dug-well cluster.)

12 Bible verses about the well of living waters

Song of Songs 4:15. "You are a garden fountain, a well of flowing water streaming down from Lebanon." A well of flowing water — the title itself (KJV: a well of living waters). See Bible verses about love.
Genesis 26:19. "Isaac's servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there." A well of fresh water (KJV: a well of living water). See Bible verses about faith.
Genesis 26:22. "He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, 'Now the Lord has given us room and we will flourish in the land.'" Another well — room from the Lord. See Bible verses about hope.
Genesis 21:19. "Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink." A well of water opened for Hagar. See Bible verses about God's love.
Genesis 16:14. "That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered." Beer Lahai Roi — the well of the Living One who sees me. See Bible verses about worship.
Numbers 21:16-17. "From there they continued on to Beer, the well where the Lord said to Moses, 'Gather the people together and I will give them water.' Then Israel sang this song: 'Spring up, O well! Sing about it,'" Beer — the well the Lord gives; spring up, O well. See Bible verses about worship.
John 4:6. "Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon." Jacob's well — the place where living-water talk begins. See Bible verses about jesus.
2 Samuel 23:15-16. "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 mighty warriors broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David." Water from the well of Bethlehem. See Bible verses about faith.
Exodus 15:27. "Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water." Twelve springs — wells of rest after thirst. See Bible verses about hope.
Proverbs 5:15. "Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well." Running water from your own well. See Bible verses about love.
Deuteronomy 6:11. "houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied," Wells you did not dig — gift wells in the land. See Bible verses about God's love.
Genesis 29:2. "There he saw a well in the field, with three flocks of sheep lying near it because the flocks were watered from that well. The stone over the mouth of the well was large." A well in the field — flocks watered from that well. See Bible verses about christ.

How to use these verses

Pick one verse when you need the well of living waters — not twelve as a grind. If you need Song 4:15's well-of-flowing-water confession, start there. If you need Isaac's well of living water, open Genesis 26:19. If you need Jacob's well as place, open John 4:6. For the living-water gift inventory (John 7 / John 4:10–14), open Bible verses about living water. For the fountain of living waters title, open Bible verses about the fountain of living waters. For a daily verse, open Bible verse of the day.

Questions people ask

What is a good Bible verse about the well of living waters?

Song of Songs 4:15 (a well of flowing / living waters) is the clear starting place; Genesis 26:19 presses the same well-of-living-water language in Isaac's dug wells.

How do Bible verses about the well of living waters differ from living water alone?

Living water tracks Jesus' gift and the Spirit's rivers (John 4 / John 7). This list centers be'er mayim chayyim — the well named as living waters in Song 4:15 and the dug-well / Beer cluster.

What Hebrew words sit under well of living waters?

Be'er (H875) — well — mayim (H4325) — waters — and chayyim (H2416) — living.

Is the well of living waters only a Song of Songs image?

Song 4:15 names the phrase; Genesis 26:19 uses "well of living water" for Isaac's dug well, and Beer / Jacob's-well narratives keep the well as a place of water God gives.

Where should I start if I only read one page?

Start here for the well-of-living-waters phrase; open living water for the gift inventory; open fountain of living waters for the Jeremiah spring title.