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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 5:15

THE CALL TO CHERISH HOLY LOVE IN MARRIAGE"Drink waters out of thine own cistern,And running waters out of thine own well.Should thy springs be dispersed abroad,And streams of waters in the streets?Let them be for thyself alone,And not for strangers with thee.Let thy fountain be blessed;And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.As a loving hind and a pleasant doe,Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times;And be thou ravished always with her love.""Here the teacher passes to positive instructions on... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 5:20

A REMINDER THAT ADULTERY IS A SIN AGAINST GOD"For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman,And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah;And he maketh level all his paths.His own iniquities shall take the wicked,And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.He shall die for lack of instruction;And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.""Why ... be ravished with a strange woman" (Proverbs 5:20)? In the previous verse the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 5:15

Proverbs 5:15. Drink waters out of thine own cistern— The allegory here begun is carried on through several verses. It has been differently understood; but the interpretation which seems most generally followed, is that of those who conceive that the wise man here subjoins a commendation of matrimony and the chaste preservation of the marriage-bed for the propagation of a legitimate offspring, to his dehortation from illegitimate practices and stolen waters; and Schultens observes, that no... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 5:17

Proverbs 5:17. Let them be only thine own— Possess them alone: "Love only your wife, and give not to her any occasion, by your irregularity, to charge you with infidelity; guard her in such a manner, that she may not be exposed to the seduction of evil men." read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 5:18

Proverbs 5:18. Let thy fountain be blessed— That your wife may be fruitful, and God may bless you with a numerous posterity. The next clause very clearly points out the meaning of the metaphor. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 5:19

Proverbs 5:19. Let her be as the loving hind— Bishop Patrick observes, that the wise man describes allegorically the felicities of the nuptial state under the comparison of a domestic fountain, where a man may quench his natural thirst, and from whence streams, that is, children, may be derived to serve the public good; and, secondly, under the comparison of a young hind, and a roe, which naturalists have observed to be very fond creatures, and which were usually kept by the greater persons in... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 5:21

Proverbs 5:21. For the ways of a man are before the Lord— See Psalms 139:0. Instead of pondereth, in the next clause, we may read measureth. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 5:15

15-20. By figures, in which well, cistern, and fountain [Proverbs 5:15; Proverbs 5:18] represent the wife, and rivers of waters [Proverbs 5:16] the children, men are exhorted to constancy and satisfaction in lawful conjugal enjoyments. In Proverbs 5:16- :, fountains (in the plural) rather denote the produce or waters of a spring, literally, "what is from a spring," and corresponds with "rivers of waters." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown