Proverbs 5:16
Why should your springs be spilled outside, your streams of water poured out in the streets?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
In Context
15Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.
17Keep them for yourselves alone. They're not for you to share with strangers.
Cross References
Genesis 24:60They asked a blessing on her, saying, “Our dear sister, may you become the mother to thousands and thousands of descendants, and may they conquer their enemies.”
Judges 12:9He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He married off his daughters to men of other tribes, and he brought in thirty wives from other tribes to marry his sons. Ibzan led Israel as judge for seven years.
Psalms 127:3Children certainly are a gift from the Lord, for a family is a blessing.
Isaiah 48:21They weren't thirsty when he led them through the desert—he made water come out of the rock for them. He split the rock open and water poured out.
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 →