Proverbs 5:15-19

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^[a]Drink water from your own ^[b]cistern [of a pure marriage relationship]
And fresh running water from your own well.
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Should your ^[c]springs (children) be dispersed,
As streams of water in the streets?
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[Confine yourself to your own wife.] Let your children be yours alone,
And not the children of strangers with you.
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Let your fountain (wife) be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity],
And rejoice in the wife of your youth.^(A)
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Let her be as a loving hind and graceful doe,
Let her breasts refresh and satisfy you at all times;
Always be ^[d]exhilarated and delight in her love.

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Footnotes

Proverbs 5:15 All of the Ten Commandments are reflected in the book of Proverbs; here it is the seventh, “You shall not commit adultery.”
Proverbs 5:15 Vv 15-18 describe the purity of a man’s relationship in marriage. The cistern and well represent his wife.
Proverbs 5:16 I.e. children of one’s promiscuity who are fatherless.
Proverbs 5:19 Lit stagger (with passion).