Proverbs 5:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 7:2-5 : 2 But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife her due: {G2133} and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except {G302} it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto {G3521} {G2532} prayer, and may be together {G846} again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.
Heb 13:4 : 4 [None Let] marriage [be] had in honor among all, and [let] the bed [be] undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Prov 5:18-19 : 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 be thou ravished always with her love.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 5:16-18
3 verses
88%
16Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?
17Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.
18Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.
Song 4:15
76%
15[ Thou art] a fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And flowing streams from Lebanon.
Jer 2:13
73%
13For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Prov 18:4
73%
4The words of a man's mouth are [as] deep waters; The wellspring of wisdom is [as] a flowing brook.
Jas 3:11-12
2 verses
73%
11Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet [water] and bitter?
12Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? {G3779} Neither [can] salt water yield sweet.
John 4:11-15
5 verses
72%
11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou that living water?
12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank {G1537} thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?
13Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
14but whosoever {G302} drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.
15The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come all the way hither to draw.
Isa 12:3
72%
3Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Isa 37:25
71%
25I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
Ps 78:15-16
2 verses
71%
15He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
16He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.
Prov 20:5
71%
5Counsel in the heart of man is [like] deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.
Deut 8:7
70%
7For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;
Isa 41:18
70%
18I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
2 Kgs 19:24
70%
24I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
Ps 104:10
70%
10He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; They run among the mountains;
Prov 25:26
70%
26[ As] a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, [So is] a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.
Gen 26:19
69%
19And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
Amos 5:24
69%
24But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Ps 114:8
69%
8Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.
Jer 6:7
69%
7As a well casteth forth its waters, so she casteth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.
Prov 9:17
69%
17Stolen waters are sweet, And bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
Ps 107:35
69%
35He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.
Num 21:16-17
2 verses
69%
16And from thence [they journeyed] to Beer: that is the well whereof Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
17Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
Joel 3:18
69%
18And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall flow with waters; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
Jer 2:18
69%
18And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
Lam 5:4
68%
4We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.
Ps 74:15
68%
15Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
Hab 2:15
68%
15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, to thee that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Job 12:15
68%
15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Job 15:16
68%
16How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!
Ps 73:10
68%
10Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full [cup] are drained by them.
Prov 9:5
68%
5Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Gen 24:17
68%
17And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher.
Ps 84:6
68%
6Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.
Song 4:12
68%
12A garden shut up is my sister, [my] bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Ps 107:33
68%
33He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;
Prov 3:10
68%
10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
Ps 105:41
68%
41He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places [like] a river.
1 Chr 11:17
68%
17And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!
John 7:38
68%
38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.
Eccl 2:6
68%
6I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;