Proverbs 5:18

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 9:9 : 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that [is] thy portion in [this] life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
  • Song 4:12 : 12 A garden inclosed [is] my sister, [my] spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
  • Song 4:15 : 15 ¶ A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
  • Mal 2:14-15 : 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet [is] she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. 15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

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    19[Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

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  • Prov 5:15-17
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    15¶ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

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  • Eccl 9:8-9
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    8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

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  • Song 4:15
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    15¶ A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

  • Eccl 11:9-10
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  • Prov 6:24-25
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    18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

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