Proverbs 5:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ Should your springs be scattered abroad, Rivers of water in the streets?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, And rivers of waters in the streets.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Should your offspring be dispersed abroad as water brooks in the streets?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Should your fountains flood outside, streams of water in the public squares?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Let your fountains be diverted far and wide, and divide your waters in the streets.

Proverbs 5:16 Cross References

Genesis 24:60

And they blessed Riḇ

Psalm 127:3

Look, children are an inheritance from יהוה, The fruit of the womb is the reward.

Psalm 128:3

Let your wife be As a fruit-bearing vine within your house, Your sons like olive plants all around your table.

Psalm 68:26

Bless Elohim in the assemblies, יהוה, from the fountain of Yisra’ĕ

Proverbs 5:15

Drink water from your own cistern, And running water from your own well.

Proverbs 5:17

And not for strangers with you.

Proverbs 5:18

Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice with the wife of your youth –

Proverbs 9:17

“Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

Song of Solomon 4:12

A garden locked is my sister, my bride, A fountain locked, a spring sealed up.

Song of Solomon 4:15

A garden spring, A well of living waters, And streams from Leḇ

Isaiah 48:21

And they did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He caused waters from a rock to flow for them; He split the rock, and waters gushed out.

Deuteronomy 33:28

“Thus Yisra’ĕ

Judges 12:9

And he came to have thirty sons and thirty daughters – he sent abroad and brought in thirty daughters for his sons. And he ruled Yisra’ĕ