Proverbs 5:15-19
Legacy Standard Bible
15 Drink water from your own cistern
And [a]fresh water from your own well.
16 Should your (A)springs be dispersed abroad,
Streams of water in the streets?
17 Let them be for you alone,
And not for strangers with you.
18 Let your (B)fountain be blessed,
And (C)be glad in the (D)wife of your youth.
19 As a loving (E)hind and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be [b]intoxicated always with her love.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:15 Lit flowing
- Proverbs 5:19 Or exhilarated
Proverbs 5:15-19
Lexham English Bible
15 Drink water from your own cistern
and flowing waters from inside your own well.
16 Shall your springs be scattered outward?
In the streets, shall there be streams of water?
17 May they be yours alone,
and not for strangers who are with you.
18 May your fountain be blessed,
and rejoice in the wife[a] of your youth.
19 She is a deer of love and a doe of grace;
may her breasts satisfy you always;[b]
by her love may you be intoxicated continually.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:18 Or “woman”
- Proverbs 5:19 Literally “at all time”
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
Legacy Standard Bible
16 A (A)gracious woman holds fast to glory,
But ruthless men hold fast to riches.
Proverbs 11:16
Lexham English Bible
16 A woman of grace receives honor,
but the ruthless gets wealth.
Proverbs 11:16
New International Version
16 A kindhearted woman gains honor,(A)
but ruthless men gain only wealth.
Proverbs 11:22
Legacy Standard Bible
22 As a (A)ring of gold in a swine’s snout
So is a beautiful woman who turns away from [a]discretion.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:22 Lit taste
Proverbs 11:22
Lexham English Bible
22 A ring of gold in the snout of a pig
is a woman who is beautiful but without discretion.
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
Legacy Standard Bible
4 [a]An (A)excellent wife is the crown of her husband,
But she who causes shame is like (B)rottenness in his bones.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 12:4 Or A virtuous
Proverbs 12:4
Lexham English Bible
4 A woman of strength[a] is the crown of her master,[b]
but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 12:4 Or “honor”
- Proverbs 12:4 Or “lord, owner”
Proverbs 12:4
New International Version
Proverbs 14:1
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:1 Lit wise women
Proverbs 14:1
Lexham English Bible
14 The wisest of women[a] builds her house,
but the foolish tears it down with her hands.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:1 Literally “wise ones of women”
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
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 18:22
Lexham English Bible
22 He who finds a wife[a] finds good,
and he will obtain favor from Yahweh.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:22 Or “woman”
Proverbs 18:22
New International Version
Proverbs 21:9
Legacy Standard Bible
9 It is better to live in a corner of a roof
Than [a]in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:9 Lit with a woman of contentions and a house of association
Proverbs 21:9
Lexham English Bible
9 Better to dwell on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a woman[a] of contention.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:9 Or “wife”
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
Legacy Standard Bible
19 (A)It is better to live in a desert land
Than with a contentious and vexing woman.
Proverbs 21:19
Lexham English Bible
19 Better to live in a land of wilderness
than with a wife of quarrels and provocation.
Proverbs 21:19
New International Version
19 Better to live in a desert
than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.(A)
Proverbs 25:24
Legacy Standard Bible
24 It is (A)better to live in a corner of the roof
Than [a]in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:24 Lit with a woman of contentions and a house of association
Proverbs 25:24
Lexham English Bible
24 Better to live upon the corner of a roof
than with a woman[a] of contention and in a shared house.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:24 Or “wife”
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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