Proverbs 5:18

A Conservative Version

Let thy fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of thy youth:

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou love all the days of thy life of vanity, which he has given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity. For that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor in which thou labor under the sun.

Song of Solomon 4:15

[Thou are] a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and flowing streams from Lebanon.

Song of Solomon 4:12

A garden shut up is my sister, [my] bride, a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

Deuteronomy 24:5

When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be charged with any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

Proverbs 5:16

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

Proverbs 5:17

Let them be for thyself alone, and not for strangers with thee.

Proverbs 9:17

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread in secret is pleasant.