KJV King James Version
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Proverbs 5:15
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
WEB World English Bible
Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.
ASV American Standard Version
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 5
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.
17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
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Cross-references
1 Corinthians 7:2-5Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.Hebrews 13:4Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.Proverbs 5:18-19Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
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