Pro 5:15-20 | ESV | STEP | Drink water from your own cistern , flowing water from your own well .

a ver. 18; [ch. 9:17; Song 4:12, 15; Jer. 2:13]

bSee Ps. 68:26

c[Jer. 9:21; Zech. 8:5]

d[ch. 14:10]

e[See ver. 15 above]

f Deut. 24:5

g Mal. 2:14

h Song 2:9, 17; 8:14

i[Jer. 31:14]

kSee ch. 2:16

lSee ch. 2:16

Proverbs 5:15-20

15 Drink ^awater from your own cistern,
flowing water from your own well.
16 Should your ^bsprings be scattered abroad,
streams of water ^cin the streets?
17 ^dLet them be for yourself alone,
and not for strangers with you.
18 Let your ^efountain be blessed,
and ^frejoice in ^gthe wife of your youth,
19 a lovely ^hdeer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts ⁱfill you at all times with delight;
be intoxicated ^{▼▼Hebrew be led astray; also verse 20} always in her love.
20 Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with ^ka forbidden woman
and embrace the bosom of ^lan adulteress? ^{▼▼Hebrew a foreign woman}