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Proverbs 5:18-19 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 5 · verses 18–19
18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.Proverbs 5:18-19 · King James Version
Proverbs 5:18-19 in context
16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
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Key words (Strong's)
- fountainmâqôwrproperly, something dugH4726 →
- pleasantchêngraciousnessH2580 →
- ravishedshâgâhto stray , usually to mistake, especially to transgressH7686 →
- blessedbârakto kneelH1288 →
- rejoicesâmachprobably to brighten upH8055 →
- breastsdadthe breastH1717 →
- satisfyrâvâhto slake the thirstH7301 →
- lovingʼahabaffectionH158 →
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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