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Proverbs 5:16
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Proverbs 5:16
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.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 5:16
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Scattered; driven apart; diffused; dissipated.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Out of one's house; away from home; from a distance.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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From verse 16
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Open the full verse study3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
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Open the full verse study3Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
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Open the full verse study28Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
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Open the full verse study60And 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.
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Open the full verse study21And 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.
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Open the full verse study9And 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.
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Open the full verse study26Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
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