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Proverbs 5:18
Proverbs 5:18 is verse 18 of Proverbs chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
King James Version
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
World English Bible
Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
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Proverbs 5:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible
16 Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
19 A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Ecclesiastes 9:9Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
Malachi 2:14Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
Malachi 2:15Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.