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Proverbs 5:13-15
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 5:13-15
New Catholic Bible
13 Why did I fail to heed the voice of my teachers
and refuse to listen to my instructors?
14 Now I am at the brink of utter ruin
in the midst of the public assembly.”[a]
Rejoice in the Wife of Your Youth[b]
15 Drink the water from your own cistern,
fresh water from your own well.[c]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:14 The man who gave in to an adulteress was wont to suffer financial as well as physical ruin; his action brought him “beatings and contempt” (Prov 6:33) and possibly a condemnation to death (see Deut 22:22).
- Proverbs 5:15 True fidelity knows how to rediscover the happiness of first love. Proverbs has a beautiful idea of marriage.
- Proverbs 5:15 Your own cistern . . . your own well: a reference to the wife. Wells and cisterns were privately owned and had great value (see 2 Ki 18:31; Jer 38:6).
Proverbs 5:13-15
New International Version
Proverbs 5:13-15
New International Version
13 I would not obey my teachers
or turn my ear to my instructors.
14 And I was soon in serious trouble(A)
in the assembly of God’s people.”(B)
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
running water from your own well.
New International Version (NIV) 
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