Proverbs 5:16
Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
In Context
15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.
17Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee.
Cross References
Genesis 24:60and they bless Rebekah, and say to her, 'Thou [art] our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and thy seed doth possess the gate of those hating it.'
Judges 12:9and he hath thirty sons and thirty daughters, he hath sent without and thirty daughters hath brought in to his sons from without; and he judgeth Israel seven years.
Psalms 127:3Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah [are] sons, A reward [is] the fruit of the womb.
Isaiah 48:21And they have not thirsted in waste places, He hath caused them to go on, Waters from a rock he hath caused to flow to them, Yea, he cleaveth a rock, and flow do waters.
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 →