Proverbs 5:15-20 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:18

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth . The employment of the ordinary term "wife" in the second hemistich shows in what sense the figure which is used has to be understood. The terms "fountain" and "wife" denote the same person. The wife is here called "thy fountain" (Hebrew, m'kor'ka ) , just as she has been previously "thine own cistern" ( b'or ) and "thine own well" ( b'er ) in Proverbs 5:15 . The Hebrew makor, "fountain," is derived from the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:19

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe. The words in italics do not occur in the original. The expression, "the loving hind and pleasant roe," is, therefore, to be attached to the preceding verse, as carrying on the sense and as descriptive of the grace and fascinating charms of the young wife. As combining these attributes, she is to be the object of thy love and devotion,the one in whom thine affections are to find the fulfilment of their desires.Love and grace are her possessions.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:20

And why ; i.e. what inducement is there, what reason can be given, for conjugal infidelity, except the lewd and immoral promptings of the lower nature, except sensuality in its lowest form? Ravished . The verb shagah recurs, but in a lower sense, as indicating "the foolish delirium of the libertine hastening after the harlot" (Zockler). With a strange woman (Hebrew, b'zarah ); i.e. with a harlot. On zarah, see Proverbs 2:16 and Proverbs 7:5 . The be ( בְּ ) localizes... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:20-21

The adulterer to be restrained by the fact of God ' s omniscience and the Divine punishment. Proverbs 5:20 and Proverbs 5:21 should apparently be taken together. The teaching assumes a higher tone, and rises from the lower law which regulates fidelity to the wife, based upon personal attractions, to the higher law, which brings the husband's conduct into relation with the duty he owes to Jehovah. Not merely is his conduct to be regulated by love and affection alone, but it is to be... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 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 embraces, and stolen waters; and Schultens observes, that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:16-17

Proverbs 5:16-17. Let thy fountains Rather, thy streams, as Dr. Waterland renders the word, that is, thy children, proceeding from thy wife, called thy fountain, Proverbs 5:18, and from thyself; be dispersed abroad They shall be multiplied, and in due time appear abroad in the world, to thy comfort and honour, and for the good of others; whereas harlots are commonly barren, and men are ashamed to own the children of whoredom. Let them be only thine own “Children that acknowledge no... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:18

Proverbs 5:18. Let thy fountain be blessed Thy wife, as the next clause explains it, shall be blessed with children; or rather, she shall be a blessing and a comfort to thee, as it follows, and not a curse and snare, as a harlot would be. And rejoice, &c. Seek not to harlots for that comfort and delight which God allows thee to take in thy wife. So here he explains the foregoing metaphor, and applies it to its present design; with the wife of thy youth Whom thou didst marry in thy... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:19

Proverbs 5:19. Let her be as the loving hind Hebrew, as the hind of loves; as amiable and delightful as the hinds are to princes and great men, who used to make them tame and familiar, and to take great delight in them, as has been observed by many writers. “The wise man,” says Bishop Patrick, “describes allegorically the felicities of the nuptial state, first under the comparison of a domestic fountain, where a man may quench his natural thirst, and from whence streams, that is,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:20-21

Proverbs 5:20-21. And why wilt thou be ravished with a strange woman? Consider a little, and deny, if thou canst, that it is an unaccountable folly to seek that satisfaction and comfort in a vile harlot, which thou mayest enjoy more pleasantly, securely, and constantly, as well as more innocently, in a pious wife of thine own people. For the ways of man are before the Lord “From whom no one can hide his most private actions, but he plainly sees and weighs all that a person doth,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:1-23

Temptations to sexual immorality (5:1-23)Strong warning is given to beware of the prostitute and the temptations she offers. (The frequency of this warning in Proverbs indicates that prostitution must have been a widespread social evil at the time.) The pleasure that the prostitute brings is shortlived, but the bitterness that follows is lasting. It leads eventually to death (5:1-6).A man must flee the temptations offered by such immoral company, otherwise he may finish a physical and moral... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:20-21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:16-17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:20-21

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:1-23

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