Proverbs 5:17
Let them be for thyself alone, and not for strangers with thee.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
In Context
16Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, and rivers of water in the streets?
18Let thy fountain be blessed; and rejoice in the wife of thy youth.
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 →