Proverbs 5:15

Drink water out of thy own cistern, and running waters out of thy own well.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

In Context

14But little more was wanting, and I had been in all [kinds of] unhappiness in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

16So will thy springs overflow abroad; and in the open streets will be thy rivulets of water;

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Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:2-15

Parental Instructions; Cautions against Sensuality. 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 7… Read the whole commentary →

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