Proverbs 5:15
Drink thou water out of thine own cistern, and flowing streams out of the midst of thine own well.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
In Context
14Soon was I in all evil, in the midst of convocation and assembly.
16Let not thy fountains, flow over, abroad, in the streets, dividings of waters:
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:2But, on account of fornications, let, each man, have, his own wife, and, each woman, have, her own husband:
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 →