Proverbs 5:18
Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
In Context
17Let them be for yourself only, not for other men with you.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:12A garden walled-in is my sister, my bride; a garden shut up, a spring of water stopped.
Malachi 2:14But you say, For what reason? Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your early years, to whom you have been untrue, though she is your friend and the wife to whom you have given your word.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:16-23
Conjugal Fidelity Enjoined. 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. 16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. 17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange… Read the whole commentary →