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Proverbs 5:15

Proverbs 5:15
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Drink waters out of thine own cistern,.... Arguments being used to dissuade from conversation with an adulterous woman, taken from the disgrace, diseases, poverty, and distress of mind on reflection,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The teacher seeks to counteract the evils of mere sensual passion chiefly by setting forth the true blessedness of which it is the counterfeit. The true wife is as a fountain of refreshment, where the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Proverbs 5:15-23

Solomon, having shown the great evil that there is in adultery and fornication, and all such lewd and filthy courses, here prescribes remedies against them.

I. Enjoy with satisfaction the comforts of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Proverbs 5:15-19

The remedy against sin is to be found in the holy estate which God has ordained. "The resemblance between the two Books (the Song of Solomon and the Book of Proverbs) in their treatment of this…

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