¹⁵ Drink water from your own well—
    share your love only with your wife.^[a]
16 Why spill the water of your springs in the streets,
    having sex with just anyone?^[b]
17 You should reserve it for yourselves.
    Never share it with strangers.

¹⁸ Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you.
    Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
¹⁹ She is a loving deer, a graceful doe.
    Let her breasts satisfy you always.
    May you always be captivated by her love.

¹⁶ A gracious woman gains respect,
    but ruthless men gain only wealth.

²² A beautiful woman who lacks discretion
    is like a gold ring in a pig’s snout.

⁴ A worthy wife is a crown for her husband,
    but a disgraceful woman is like cancer in his bones.

14 A wise woman builds her home,
    but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

²² The man who finds a wife finds a treasure,
    and he receives favor from the Lord.

⁹ It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic
    than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.

¹⁹ It’s better to live alone in the desert
    than with a quarrelsome, complaining wife.

²⁴ It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic
    than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.