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Proverbs 5:18
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Proverbs 5:18
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 5:18
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Favored by God; happy or spiritually prosperous; or praised, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The part of life that suceeeds to childhood.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Open the full verse study9Live 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.
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Open the full verse study14¶ 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.
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Open the full verse study15A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
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Open the full verse study12A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
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