A Stroll Through Proverbs: Proverbs 5:15-5:18 – “Joyful Marriage Union”

15 “^(a){⁽¹⁾Drink waters [refers to sexual intimacy] out of thine own cistern [wife]}, and running waters out of thine own well [wife].

            ^(a)Hebrews 13:4; ⁽¹⁾Picture of marriage faithfulness

16 ^(a){⁽¹⁾Let thy fountains [wife]} be dispersed abroad, and {⁽²⁾rivers [channels] of waters} in the streets.

            ⁽¹⁾”What is from a spring [wife]”; ⁽²⁾the children; ^(a)Proverbs 5:18

17 {⁽¹⁾Let them be only thine}, and not strangers’ [adultery, prostitute] with thee.

            ⁽¹⁾Within marriage’s privacy

18 Let thy fountain be blessed [to be caused to prosper by God]: and rejoice with ^(a)the wife of thy youth.”

            ^(a)Deuteronomy 24:5, Ecclesiastes 9:9, Malachi 2:14, Matthew 19:3-9, Genesis 2:24-25