Proverbs 5:18

Let thy fountain of water be truly thine own; and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

In Context

17Let them be only thine own, and let no stranger partake with thee.

19Let thy loving hart and thy graceful colt company with thee, and let her be considered thine own, and be with thee at all times; for ravished with her love thou shalt be greatly increased.

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 4:12My sister, my spouse is a garden enclosed; a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed.

Malachi 2:14Yet ye said, Wherefore? Because the Lord has borne witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, whom thou hast forsaken, and 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 →

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