Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.Fountains — Thy children proceeding from thy wife and from thyself. Fountains are here put for rivers flowing from them.Dispersed — They shall in due time appear abroad to thy comfort, and for the good of others. read more
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.Fountain — Thy wife.Blessed — With children; for barrenness was esteemed a curse among the Israelites. read more
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.Satisfy thee — At all convenient times: for that there may be excess in the marriage-bed is manifest.Ravished — Love her fervently. It is an hyperbolical expression. read more
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. Holden — He is in perfect bondage to his lusts, and is neither able nor wiling to set himself at liberty. read more
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.Die — He shall die in his sins. Astray-From the way of life, and from eternal salvation. read more
2. Discretion Or, counsels. That thy lips may keep Thy lips shall keep. read more
3. Strange woman See note on Proverbs 2:16. The terms lips and mouth are, of course, used tropically speech, words. She uses persuasive, delusive, and fascinating arts and modes of speech. Compare Proverbs 7:14, etc. read more
4. Bitter as wormwood As the accursed or poisonous herb or root. The ancients regarded this herb, whatever it was, as poisonous. There are sundry passages referring to it as noxious. See Deuteronomy 29:18; Hebrews 12:15; Revelation 8:10-11. “Wormwood,” says Zockler, “is a plant about two feet high, belonging to the genus artemesia, ( artemesia absinthium,) which produces a very firm stock with many branches, grayish leaves, and small, almost round, pendent blossoms. It has a bitter and... read more
5. Down to death Intercourse with her leads to certain destruction. Hell שׁאול , ( sheol,) the under world, according to the conceptions of the ancients. The place of departed spirits. Compare Proverbs 1:12; Proverbs 2:18; Proverbs 7:22. read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 5:15
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.Drink — Content thyself with those delights which God alloweth thee in the sober use of the marriage-bed. read more