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Proverbs 5:16 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. "
Proverbs 5:16
Verse in Context
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I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers'
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
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Proverbs 5:1
"My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:"
Proverbs 5:2
"That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge."
Proverbs 5:3
"For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:"
Proverbs 5:4
"But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword."
Proverbs 5:5
"Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell."
Proverbs 5:6
"Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know"
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