Proverbs 5:18
Let your fountain be blessed, || And rejoice because of the wife of your youth,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
In Context
17Let them be to you for yourself, || And not to strangers with you.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:12A garden shut up [is] my sister-spouse, || A spring shut up—a fountain sealed.
Malachi 2:14And you have said, “Why?” Because YHWH has testified between you || And the wife of your youth, || That you have dealt treacherously against her, || And she [is] your companion, and your covenant-wife.
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 →