Proverbs 5:18
Let thy vein be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth:
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
In Context
17Keep them to thyself alone, neither let strangers be partakers with thee.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:12My sister, my spouse, is a garden enclosed, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed up. My sister, etc., a garden enclosed... Figuratively the church is enclosed, containing only the faithful. A fountain sealed up... That none can drink of its waters, that is, the graces and spiritual benefits of the holy sacraments, but those who are within its walls.
Malachi 2:14And you have said: For what cause? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee, and the wife of thy youth, whom thou hast despised: yet she was thy partner, and the wife of thy covenant.
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 →