Proverbs 5:18

Let thy fountaine be blessed, and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17But let them bee thine, euen thine onely, and not the strangers with thee.

19Let her be as the louing hinde and pleasant roe: let her brests satisfie thee at all times, and delite in her loue continually.

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 4:12My sister my spouse is as a garden inclosed, as a spring shut vp, and a fountaine sealed vp.

Malachi 2:14Yet yee say, Wherein? Because the Lord hath beene witnesse betweene thee and the wife of thy youth, against whome thou hast transgressed: yet is shee thy companion, and the wife of thy couenant.

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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