Scripture Reading

Prov.5.15-Prov.5.23

Prov.5.15-Prov.5.23

Prov.5.15

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Prov.5.15

Do you know the saying, "Drink from your own rain barrel, draw water from your own spring-fed well"?

Prov.5.15

Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.

Prov.5.15

Drink water from your own cistern, And running water from your own well.

Prov.5.15

Drink water from your own well--share your love only with your wife.

Prov.5.16

Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

Prov.5.16

It's true. Otherwise, you may one day come home and find your barrel empty and your well polluted.

Prov.5.16

Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?

Prov.5.16

Should your fountains be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets?

Prov.5.16

Why spill the water of your springs in public, having sex with just anyone?

Prov.5.17

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

Prov.5.17

Your spring water is for you and you only, not to be passed around among strangers.

Prov.5.17

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

Prov.5.17

Let them be only your own, And not for strangers with you.

Prov.5.17

You should reserve it for yourselves. Don't share it with strangers.

Prov.5.18

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

Prov.5.18

Bless your fresh-flowing fountain! Enjoy the wife you married as a young man!

Prov.5.18

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

Prov.5.18

Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice with the wife of your youth.

Prov.5.18

Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

Prov.5.19

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

Prov.5.19

Lovely as an angel, beautiful as a rose--don't ever quit taking delight in her body. Never take her love for granted!

Prov.5.19

A loving doe, a graceful deer- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.

Prov.5.19

As a loving deer and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; And always be enraptured with her love.

Prov.5.19

She is a loving doe, a graceful deer. Let her breasts satisfy you always. May you always be captivated by her love.

Prov.5.20

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Prov.5.20

Why would you trade enduring intimacies for cheap thrills with a whore? for dalliance with a promiscuous stranger?

Prov.5.20

Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?

Prov.5.20

For why should you, my son, be enraptured by an immoral woman, And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?

Prov.5.20

Why be captivated, my son, with an immoral woman, or embrace the breasts of an adulterous woman?

Prov.5.21

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

Prov.5.21

Mark well that GOD doesn't miss a move you make; he's aware of every step you take.

Prov.5.21

For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all his paths.

Prov.5.21

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He ponders all his paths.

Prov.5.21

For the LORD sees clearly what a man does, examining every path he takes.

Prov.5.22

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

Prov.5.22

The shadow of your sin will overtake you; you'll find yourself stumbling all over yourself in the dark.

Prov.5.22

The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him; the cords of his sin hold him fast.

Prov.5.22

His own iniquities entrap the wicked man, And he is caught in the cords of his sin.

Prov.5.22

An evil man is held captive by his own sins; they are ropes that catch and hold him.

Prov.5.23

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Prov.5.23

Death is the reward of an undisciplined life; your foolish decisions trap you in a dead end.

Prov.5.23

He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

Prov.5.23

He shall die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Prov.5.23

He will die for lack of self-control; he will be lost because of his incredible folly.