15 Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
15 Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.
15 Do you know the saying, "Drink from your own rain barrel, draw water from your own spring-fed well"?
15 Drink water from your own cistern, And running water from your own well.
15 Drink water from your own well- share your love only with your wife.
18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
18 Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth,
18 Bless your fresh-flowing fountain! Enjoy the wife you married as a young man!
18 Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice with the wife of your youth.
18 Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
(Read Proverbs 5:15-23)
Lawful marriage is a means God has appointed to keep from these destructive vices. But we are not properly united, except as we attend to God's word, seeking his direction and blessing, and acting with affection. Ever remember, that though secret sins may escape the eyes of our fellow-creatures, yet a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, who not only sees, but ponders all his goings. Those who are so foolish as to choose the way of sin, are justly left of God to themselves, to go on in the way to destruction.
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy
19 a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated
19 Lovely as an angel, beautiful as a rose - don't ever quit taking delight in her body. Never take her love for granted!
19 As a loving deer and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; And always be enraptured with her love.
19 She is a loving deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts satisfy you always. May you always be captivated by her love.
(Read Proverbs 5:15-23)
Lawful marriage is a means God has appointed to keep from these destructive vices. But we are not properly united, except as we attend to God's word, seeking his direction and blessing, and acting with affection. Ever remember, that though secret sins may escape the eyes of our fellow-creatures, yet a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, who not only sees, but ponders all his goings. Those who are so foolish as to choose the way of sin, are justly left of God to themselves, to go on in the way to destruction.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 5:15
Commentary on Proverbs 5:15-23
(Read Proverbs 5:15-23)
Lawful marriage is a means God has appointed to keep from these destructive vices. But we are not properly united, except as we attend to God's word, seeking his direction and blessing, and acting with affection. Ever remember, that though secret sins may escape the eyes of our fellow-creatures, yet a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, who not only sees, but ponders all his goings. Those who are so foolish as to choose the way of sin, are justly left of God to themselves, to go on in the way to destruction.