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Proverbs 5:18

Proverbs 5:18
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Let thy fountain be blessed,.... Thy wife; make her happy by keeping to her and from others; by behaving in a loving, affable, and respectful manner to her; by living comfortably with her, and…

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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