Proverbs 5:18

New International Reader's Version

May your fountain be blessed. May the wife you married when you were young make you happy.

Cross References

Proverbs 5:16

Should your springs pour out into the streets? Should your streams of water pour out in public places?

Proverbs 5:17

No! Let them belong to you alone. Never share them with strangers.

Proverbs 9:17

She says, “Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret tastes good!”

Ecclesiastes 9:9

You love your wife. So enjoy life with her. Do it all the days of this meaningless life God has given you on earth. That’s what he made you for. That’s what you get for all your hard work on earth.

Song of Solomon 4:12

My bride, you are like a garden that is locked up. My sister, you are like a spring of water that has a fence around it. You are like a fountain that is sealed up.

Song of Solomon 4:15

You are like a fountain in a garden. You are like a well of flowing water streaming down from Lebanon.”

Deuteronomy 24:5

Suppose a man has just married his wife. Then don’t send him into battle. Don’t give him any other duty either. He’s free to stay home for one year. He needs time to make his new wife happy.