Proverbs 5:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?”
Read Proverbs 5:16 in the flow of Proverbs5 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs5 to see the surrounding context.
“Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 5:16 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 24:60And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
- Deuteronomy 33:28So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.
- Judges 12:9He had thirty sons, as well as thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage to men outside his clan; and for his sons he brought back thirty wives from elsewhere. Ibzan judged Israel seven years.
- Psalms 68:26Bless God in the great congregation; bless the LORD from the fountain of Israel.
- Psalms 127:3Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
- Isaiah 48:21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
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