Proverbs 5:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:”
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BSBPD
“May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 5:18 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 9:9Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
- Song of Solomon 4:12My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
- Song of Solomon 4:15You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
- Malachi 2:14Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
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