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Proverbs 5:15

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

KJV

Bibe aquam de cisterna tua, et fluenta putei tui ;

Vulgate

πῖνε ὕδατα ἀπὸ σῶν ἀγγείων καὶ ἀπὸ σῶν φρεάτων πηγῆς.

LXX

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.

ASV

שְׁתֵה מַ֥יִם מִ/בּוֹרֶ֑/ךָ וְ֝/נֹזְלִ֗ים מִ/תּ֥וֹךְ בְּאֵרֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְּאֵ֣ר
b'r
noun · 36×
בֽוֹר
bvr
noun · 68×
יִזְּלוּ
yzlv
verb · 16×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
שְׁתּ֖וֹת
shtvt
verb · 216×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 7:2 — Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
  • 1Pet 3:7 — Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hinder
  • Deut 33:28 — Israel 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.
  • Heb 13:4 — Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
  • Heb 13:4 — Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
  • Prov 5:18 — Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
  • Prov 5:19 — Let 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.
  • Prov 18:22 — Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
  • Ps 128:3 — Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
  • Song 4:12 — A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.