Proverbs 5:16
Let your fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
In Context
15Drink waters out of yours own cistern, and running waters out of yours own well.
17Let them be only yours own, and not strangers' with you.
Cross References
Genesis 24:60And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, You are our sister, be you the mother of thousands of millions, and let your seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
Judges 12:9And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
Psalms 127:3Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Isaiah 48:21And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
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 →