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Proverbs 5:15-19
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Proverbs 5:15-19
English Standard Version
15 Drink (A)water from your own cistern,
flowing water from your own well.
16 Should your (B)springs be scattered abroad,
streams of water (C)in the streets?
17 (D)Let them be for yourself alone,
and not for strangers with you.
18 Let your (E)fountain be blessed,
and (F)rejoice in (G)the wife of your youth,
19 a lovely (H)deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts (I)fill you at all times with delight;
be intoxicated[a] always in her love.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:19 Hebrew be led astray; also verse 20
Proverbs 5:15-19
Revised Standard Version
Proverbs 5:15-19
Revised Standard Version
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
flowing water from your own well.
16 Should your springs be scattered abroad,
streams of water in the streets?
17 Let them be for yourself alone,
and not for strangers with you.
18 Let your fountain be blessed,
and rejoice in the wife of your youth,
19 a lovely hind, a graceful doe.
Let her affection fill you at all times with delight,
be infatuated always with her love.
Proverbs 5:15-19
New International Version
Proverbs 5:15-19
New International Version
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
running water from your own well.
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets,
your streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone,
never to be shared with strangers.
18 May your fountain(A) be blessed,
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.(B)
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer(C)—
may her breasts satisfy you always,
may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
Proverbs 11:16
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Proverbs 11:16
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Proverbs 11:16
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Proverbs 11:16
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16 A gracious woman gets honor,
and violent men get riches.
Proverbs 11:16
New International Version
Proverbs 11:16
New International Version
16 A kindhearted woman gains honor,(A)
but ruthless men gain only wealth.
Proverbs 11:22
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Proverbs 11:22
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22 Like (A)a gold ring in a pig's snout
is a beautiful woman without discretion.
Proverbs 11:22
Revised Standard Version
Proverbs 11:22
Revised Standard Version
22 Like a gold ring in a swine’s snout
is a beautiful woman without discretion.
Proverbs 11:22
New International Version
Proverbs 11:22
New International Version
22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout
is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.
Proverbs 12:4
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Proverbs 12:4
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4 (A)An excellent wife is (B)the crown of her husband,
but she who (C)brings shame is like (D)rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 12:4
Revised Standard Version
Proverbs 12:4
Revised Standard Version
4 A good wife is the crown of her husband,
but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 12:4
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Proverbs 12:4
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Proverbs 14:1
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Proverbs 14:1
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Proverbs 14:1
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Proverbs 14:1
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14 Wisdom[a] builds her house,
but folly with her own hands tears it down.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:1 Heb Wisdom of women
Proverbs 14:1
New International Version
Proverbs 14:1
New International Version
14 The wise woman builds her house,(A)
but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
Proverbs 18:22
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Proverbs 18:22
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Proverbs 18:22
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Proverbs 18:22
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22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing,
and obtains favor from the Lord.
Proverbs 18:22
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Proverbs 18:22
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Proverbs 21:9
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Proverbs 21:9
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9 It is (A)better to live in a corner of the housetop
than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 21:9
Revised Standard Version
Proverbs 21:9
Revised Standard Version
9 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Proverbs 21:9
New International Version
Proverbs 21:9
New International Version
9 Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.(A)
Proverbs 21:19
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Proverbs 21:19
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19 It is (A)better to live in a desert land
than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
Proverbs 21:19
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Proverbs 21:19
Revised Standard Version
19 It is better to live in a desert land
than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Proverbs 21:19
New International Version
Proverbs 21:19
New International Version
19 Better to live in a desert
than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.(A)
Proverbs 25:24
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Proverbs 25:24
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24 (A)It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 25:24
Revised Standard Version
Proverbs 25:24
Revised Standard Version
24 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Proverbs 25:24
New International Version
Proverbs 25:24
New International Version
24 Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.(A)
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