Proverbs 5:18

Let thy well-spring be blessed,—and get thy joy from the wife of thy youth:—

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17Let them be for thyself, alone, and not for strangers with thee.

19A loving hind! a graceful doe! let, her bosom, content thee at all times, and, in her love, mayst thou stray evermore.

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 4:12A garden barred, is my sister, bride,—a spring barred, a fountain sealed:

Malachi 2:14Yet ye say, For what cause? Because, Yahweh, hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, with whom, thou, hast dealt treacherously, though, she, was thy consort, and thy 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 →

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