Proverbs 5:18

Geneva Bible (1560)

Let thy fountaine be blessed, and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 9:9 : 9 Reioyce with the wife whom thou hast loued all the dayes of the life of thy vanitie, which God hath giuen thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie: for this is thy portion in the life, and in thy trauaile wherein thou labourest vnder the sunne.
  • Song 4:12 : 12 My sister my spouse is as a garden inclosed, as a spring shut vp, and a fountaine sealed vp.
  • Song 4:15 : 15 O fountaine of the gardens, O well of liuing waters, and the springs of Lebanon.
  • Mal 2:14-15 : 14 Yet yee say, Wherein? Because the Lorde hath beene witnesse betweene thee and the wife of thy youth, against whome thou hast transgressed: yet is shee thy companion, and the wife of thy couenant. 15 And did not hee make one? yet had hee abundance of spirit: and wherefore one? because he sought a godly seede: therefore keepe your selues in your spirit, & let none trespasse against the wife of his youth.

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  • Prov 5:19-20
    2 verses
    88%

    19Let her be as the louing hinde and pleasant roe: let her brests satisfie thee at all times, and delite in her loue continually.

    20For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?

  • Prov 5:15-17
    3 verses
    81%

    15Drinke the water of thy cisterne, and of the riuers out of the middes of thine owne well.

    16Let thy fountaines flow foorth, and the riuers of waters in the streetes.

    17But let them bee thine, euen thine onely, and not the strangers with thee.

  • Eccl 9:8-9
    2 verses
    79%

    8At all times let thy garments be white, and let not oyle be lacking vpon thine head.

    9Reioyce with the wife whom thou hast loued all the dayes of the life of thy vanitie, which God hath giuen thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie: for this is thy portion in the life, and in thy trauaile wherein thou labourest vnder the sunne.

  • 6Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.

  • 5For as a yong man marieth a virgine, so shall thy sonnes marry thee: and as a bridegrome is glad of the bride, so shall thy God reioyce ouer thee.

  • 3Thy wife shalbe as the fruitfull vine on the sides of thine house, and thy children like the oliue plantes round about thy table.

  • 12My sister my spouse is as a garden inclosed, as a spring shut vp, and a fountaine sealed vp.

  • 15O fountaine of the gardens, O well of liuing waters, and the springs of Lebanon.

  • Eccl 11:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9Reioyce, O yong man, in thy youth, and let thine heart cheere thee in the dayes of thy youth: and walke in the waies of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but knowe that for all these things, God wil bring thee to iudgement.

    10Therefore take away griefe out of thine heart, and cause euil to depart from thy flesh: for childehoode and youth are vanitie.

  • Prov 6:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24To keepe thee from the wicked woman, & from ye flatterie of ye tongue of a strange woman.

    25Desire not her beautie in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eye lids.

  • 22He that findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and receiueth fauour of the Lord.

  • 18Come, let vs take our fill of loue vntill the morning: let vs take our pleasure in daliance.

  • 1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I gathered my myrrhe with my spice: I ate mine hony combe with mine hony, I dranke my wine with my milke: eate, O friends, drinke, and make you mery, O welbeloued.

  • Mal 2:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14Yet yee say, Wherein? Because the Lorde hath beene witnesse betweene thee and the wife of thy youth, against whome thou hast transgressed: yet is shee thy companion, and the wife of thy couenant.

    15And did not hee make one? yet had hee abundance of spirit: and wherefore one? because he sought a godly seede: therefore keepe your selues in your spirit, & let none trespasse against the wife of his youth.

  • 17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.

  • Prov 5:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,

    9Least thou giue thine honor vnto others, and thy yeeres to the cruell:

  • 5That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.

  • Prov 3:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie.

    18She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.

  • 14House & riches are the inheritance of the fathers: but a prudent wife commeth of the Lord.

  • Song 4:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9My sister, my spouse, thou hast wounded mine heart: thou hast wounded mine heart with one of thine eyes, and with a chaine of thy necke.

    10My sister, my spouse, how faire is thy loue? howe much better is thy loue then wine? and the sauour of thine oyntments then all spices?

  • 25Let not thine heart decline to her wayes: wander thou not in her paths.

  • Prov 4:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her.

    9She shal giue a comely ornamet vnto thine head, yea, she shal giue thee a crowne of glorie.

  • 2Neuertheles, to auoide fornication, let euery man haue his wife, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.

  • 14O my welbeloued, flee away, and be like vnto the roe, or to the yong harte vpon ye mountaines of spices.

  • 25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.

  • 28So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him selfe.

  • 30Thou shalt betroth a wife, & another man shal lye with her: thou shalt builde an house, and shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eate the fruite.

  • 5I charge you, O daughters of Ierusalem, by the roes and by the hindes of the fielde, that ye stirre not vp, nor waken my loue vntill she please.

  • 10Let my wife grinde vnto another man, and let other men bow downe vpon her:

  • 6Take you wiues, and beget sonnes and daughters, and take wiues for your sonnes, and giue your daughters to husbands, that they may beare sonnes and daughters, that ye may bee increased there, and not diminished.

  • 5Thy two breastes are as two young roes that are twinnes, feeding among the lilies.

  • 9But my doue is alone, and my vndefiled, she is the onely daughter of her mother, and shee is deare to her that bare her: the daughters haue seene her & counted her blessed: euen the Queenes and the concubines, and they haue praised her.

  • 2Let him kisse me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy loue is better then wine.

  • 6Howe faire art thou, and howe pleasant art thou, O my loue, in pleasures!

  • 2That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.

  • 5Which commeth forth as a bridegrome out of his chamber, and reioyceth like a mightie man to runne his race.

  • 24Therefore shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.

  • 5And sayd, For this cause, shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife, and they which were two shalbe one flesh.

  • 7I charge you, O daughters of Ierusalem, by the roes and by the hindes of the fielde, that ye stirre not vp, nor waken my loue, vntill she please.