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Proverbs 5:15-19
World English Bible
Proverbs 5:15-19
World English Bible
15 Drink water out of your own cistern,
running water out of your own well.
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets,
streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be for yourself alone,
not for strangers with you.
18 Let your spring be blessed.
Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19 A loving doe and a graceful deer—
let her breasts satisfy you at all times.
Be captivated always with her love.
Proverbs 5:15-19
American Standard Version
Proverbs 5:15-19
American Standard Version
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern,
And running waters out of thine own well.
16 [a]Should thy springs be dispersed abroad,
And streams of water in the streets?
17 Let them be for thyself alone,
And not for strangers with thee.
18 Let thy fountain be blessed;
And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.
19 As a loving hind and a pleasant doe,
Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times;
And [b]be thou ravished always with her love.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:16 Or, Let
- Proverbs 5:19 Hebrew go astray.
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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16 A gracious woman obtains honor,
but violent men obtain riches.
Proverbs 11:16
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Proverbs 11:16
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16 A gracious woman obtaineth honor;
And violent men obtain 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 gold ring in a pig’s snout,
is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
Proverbs 11:22
American Standard Version
Proverbs 11:22
American Standard Version
22 As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout,
So is a fair woman that [a]is without discretion.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:22 Hebrew turneth aside from.
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 worthy woman is the crown of her husband,
but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 12:4
American Standard Version
Proverbs 12:4
American Standard Version
4 A worthy woman is the crown of her husband;
But she that maketh ashamed is as 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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14 Every wise woman builds her house,
but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 14:1
American Standard Version
Proverbs 14:1
American Standard Version
14 Every wise woman buildeth her house;
But [a]the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:1 Hebrew folly.
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
World English Bible
22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing,
and obtains favor of Yahweh.
Proverbs 18:22
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Proverbs 18:22
American Standard Version
22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing,
And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.
Proverbs 18:22
New International Version
Proverbs 18:22
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Proverbs 21:9
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Proverbs 21:9
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9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop
than to share a house with a contentious woman.
Proverbs 21:9
American Standard Version
Proverbs 21:9
American Standard Version
9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
Than with a contentious woman in [a]a wide house.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:9 Or, a house in common. Hebrew a house of society.
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
World English Bible
19 It is better to dwell in a desert land,
than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Proverbs 21:19
American Standard Version
Proverbs 21:19
American Standard Version
19 It is better to dwell in a desert land,
Than with [a]a contentious and fretful woman.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:19 Or, a contentious woman and vexation
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
World English Bible
24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop
than to share a house with a contentious woman.
Proverbs 25:24
American Standard Version
Proverbs 25:24
American Standard Version
24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
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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