Proverbs 5:18-19

Warning Against Adultery

18 Let your o fountain be blessed,
and s rejoice in t the wife of your youth,
19 a lovely u deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts v fill you at all times with delight;
be intoxicated 1 always in her love.

  1. Cross References
    Proverbs 5:15
    Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.
  2. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 24:5
    When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.
  3. Cross References
    Malachi 2:14
    But you say, "Why does he not?" Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
  4. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 2:9
    My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the lattice.
    Song of Solomon 2:17
    Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle or a young stag on cleft mountains.
    Song of Solomon 8:14
    Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:14
    I will feast the soul of the priests with abundance, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, declares the Lord.
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