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Proverbs 5:15 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 5 · verse 15
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.Proverbs 5:15 · King James Version
Proverbs 5:15 in context
13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
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Key words (Strong's)
- cisternbôwra pit holeH953 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
- watersnâzalto drip, or shed by tricklingH5140 →
- Drinkshâthâhto imbibeH8354 →
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Solomon, having shown the great evil that there is in adultery and fornication, and all such lewd and filthy courses, here prescribes remedies against them. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-23