Proverbs 5:18 “May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your…”

Proverbs 5:18

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

American Standard Version

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let thy fountaine be blessed, and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.

Darby Translation

Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.

Young's Literal Translation

Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,

Bible in Basic English

Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.

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Cross references

“rejoice”

Ecclesiastes 9:9 Malachi 2:14 Malachi 2:15

Ecclesiastes 9:9 · BSB

Enjoy 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.

Malachi 2:14 · BSB

Yet 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.

Malachi 2:15 · BSB

Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

Also

Song of Solomon 4:15 Song of Solomon 4:12

Song of Solomon 4:15 · BSB

You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.

Song of Solomon 4:12 · BSB

My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.

19A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.

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