Proverbs 5:16–18
16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
16Let thy fountaines bee dispersed abroad, and riuers of waters in the streets.
17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
17Let them be onely thine owne, and not strangers with thee.
18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
18Let thy fountaine be blessed: and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.
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Proverbs 5:16Cross-references · 7 ranked passages
- Psalms 128:3Rank 1
- Psalms 127:3Rank 2
- Deuteronomy 33:28Rank 3
- Genesis 24:60Rank 4
60And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
60And they blessed Rebekah, and said vnto her, Thou art our sister, bee thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possesse the gate of those which hate them.
- Isaiah 48:21Rank 5
21And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
21*And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rocke for them: he claue the rocke also, and the waters gushed out.
- Judges 12:9Rank 6
9And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
9And hee had thirtie sonnes, and thirtie daughters, whome hee sent abroad, and tooke in thirtie daughters from abroad for his sonnes. And hee iudged Israel seuen yeeres.
- Psalms 68:26Rank 7
Proverbs 5:17Cross-references · 0 ranked passages
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Proverbs 5:18Cross-references · 4 ranked passages
- Ecclesiastes 9:9Rank 1
9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
9†*Liue ioyfully with the wife, whom thou louest, all the dayes of the life of thy vanitie, which he hath giuen thee vnder the Sunne, all the dayes of thy vanitie: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest vnder the Sunne.
- Malachi 2:14–15Rank 2
14¶ Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
15And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
14¶ Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath bene witnes betweene thee and the wife of thy youth, against whome thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy couenant.
15‖†‖And did not he make one? yet had he the residue of the spirit: and wherefore one? that hee might seeke a godly seed: therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deale treacherously against the wife of his youth.
- Song of Solomon 4:15Rank 3
- Song of Solomon 4:12Rank 4
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Proverbs 5:16
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of disperse, meaning to scatter, spread, distribute, or send persons or things apart among different places, peoples, or hearers.
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Out of doors or away from one’s usual place; outward, away, or throughout a wide area.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Proverbs 5:17
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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Proverbs 5:18
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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1. Favoured by God, endowed with good, or declared happy. 2. Spoke good of, praised, thanked, or bestowed a blessing upon.
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1. To be glad, take joy, delight, or exult; to express gladness. 2. To make glad or cause to rejoice.
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Sense 1: The period of life following childhood and preceding mature age. Sense 2: A young person or young people.
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5:15¶ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
5:15¶ Drinke waters out of thine owne cisterne, and running waters out of thine owne well.
5:16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
5:16Let thy fountaines bee dispersed abroad, and riuers of waters in the streets.
Selected passage5:17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
5:17Let them be onely thine owne, and not strangers with thee.
Selected passage5:18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
5:18Let thy fountaine be blessed: and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.
Selected passage5:19Let 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.
5:19††Let her bee as the louing Hinde and pleasant Roe, let her breasts satisfie thee at all times, and be thou rauisht alwayes with her loue.
5:20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
5:20And why wilt thou, my sonne, be rauisht with a strange woman, and imbrace the bosome of a stranger?
5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
5:21*For the wayes of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.