still waters
Calm, motionless expanses
Still waters are calm, unmoving bodies of water—a pond rather than a river, a lake on a windless day.
The phrase appears most often in the proverb still waters run deep, suggesting that quiet or reserved people may have hidden depths of feeling or thought.
The biblical He leads me beside still waters evokes peace and restoration.
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- inner peaceMental and emotional tranquility
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- run deepExtend to core
- composureEmotional self-control
quiet strength · contentment · calmness · calm before storm · mirrors · glass surface · depths · hidden depths · deep end · fathomless · silence · mindfulness · secrets · peacefulness · relaxation · reflections · surface tension · proverb
- calm coastssheltered cove
- sea idiomsall at sea, dead in the water, smooth sailing, sink or swim, miss the boat
- Biblical imageryLamb of God, Good Shepherd, bread of life, light of the world, living water
- Scripture PhrasesJohn 3:16, Lord's Prayer, Our Father, Ten Commandments, Beatitudes
- poetic phrasesonce upon a time, happily ever after, star-crossed lovers, sweet sorrow, eternal flame
- Shepherdingshepherd boy, shepherdess, crook, flock, herd
still watersrapids
Turbulent river section
raging waters · whitewater · torrents · rough seas · stormy seas
still watersshallow waters
Low-depth aquatic zones
open book · what you see is what you get · superficiality · shallowness · obviousness
still, stillness, waters, instill, distill, stilled, distilled, stills, distillation