Proverbs 5:19

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18Let thy well-spring be blessed,—and get thy joy from the wife of thy youth:—

20Wherefore, then, shouldst thou stray, my son, with a strange woman? or embrace the bosom of a woman unknown?

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Cross References

Proverbs 5:15Drink thou water out of thine own cistern, and flowing streams out of the midst of thine own well.

Song of Solomon 2:17Until the day, breathe, and the shadows, be lengthened, Again, liken thyself, my beloved, to a gazelle, or to a young stag, upon the cleft mountains. [****]

Song of Solomon 7:3Thy two breasts, are like two young roes, the twins of a gazelle:

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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