Proverbs 5:16

Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad,.... Or "shall abound", as the Targum; that is, streams of water from fountains; which Aben Ezra interprets of a multitude of children, namely, that are lawfully…

Wedded love streams forth in blessing on all around, on children and on neighbors and ill the streets, precisely because the wife’s true love is given to the husband only.

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…

Let thy fountains This rendering (retained in R.V. marg.) gives a good sense: purity of married life (Pro 5:5) will diffuse itself abroad like streams from a fountain, in a numerous family, and in…