Proverbs 5:19
Let 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.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
18Let thy fountain of water be truly thine own; and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
20Be not intimate with a strange woman, neither fold thyself in the arms of a woman not thine own.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:15Drink waters out of thine own vessels, and out of thine own springing wells.
Song of Solomon 2:17Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, turn, my kinsman, be thou like to a roe or young hart on the mountains of the ravines.
Song of Solomon 7:3Thy navel is as a turned bowl, not wanting liquor; thy belly is as a heap of wheat set about with lilies.
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 →