Proverbs 5:18

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Let your fountain be blessed, and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting  life,  which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle  under the sun.

Song of Solomon 4:15

You are a garden spring, a well of flowing water streaming from Lebanon.

Song of Solomon 4:12

My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden – a locked garden  and a sealed spring.

Deuteronomy 24:5

‘When a man takes a bride, he must not go out with the army or be liable for any duty. He is free to stay at home for one year, so that he can bring joy to the wife he has married.

Proverbs 5:16

Should your springs flow in the streets, streams in the public squares?

Proverbs 5:17

They should be for you alone and not for you to share with strangers.

Proverbs 9:17

‘Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten secretly is tasty! ’