Proverbs 5:16

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and don’t let your water flow out into the streets.

Cross References

Psalm 128:3

At home, your wife will have many children, like a vine full of grapes. The children around your table will be like an orchard full of olive trees.

Psalm 127:3

Children are a gift from the Lord, a reward from a mother’s womb.

Isaiah 48:21

They never got thirsty as he led them through the desert, because he made water flow from a rock. He split the rock, and water flowed out.

Psalm 68:26

Praise God in the meeting place. Praise the Lord, people of Israel!

Judges 12:9

Ibzan had 30 sons and 30 daughters. He told his 30 daughters to marry men who were not his relatives. And he found 30 women who were not his relatives, and his sons married these women. Ibzan was a judge for the Israelites for seven years.

Deuteronomy 33:28

So Israel will live in safety. Jacob’s well belongs to them. They will get a land of grain and wine. And that land will get plenty of rain.

Genesis 24:60

While Rebekah was leaving they said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of millions of people, and may your descendants defeat their enemies and take their cities.”

Proverbs 5:15

Now, about sex and marriage: Drink only the water that comes from your own well,

Proverbs 5:17

Keep it for yourself, and don’t share it with strangers.

Proverbs 5:18

Be happy with your own wife. Enjoy the woman you married while you were young.

Proverbs 9:17

“Stolen water is sweet. Stolen bread tastes good.”

Song of Solomon 4:12

My darling, my bride, you are pure like a locked garden. You are like a locked pool, a closed fountain.

Song of Solomon 4:15

You are like a garden fountain— a well of fresh water— flowing down from the mountains of Lebanon.