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Proverbs 5:15

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Proverbs 5:15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 5:15

Theological / Devotional

Thine own cistern. A commendation of the happiness of married life. As a thirsty man is refreshed by the waters of a cistern, so a man is to find enjoyment in fellowship with his own wife (see 1 Cor. 7:1–5; 1 Tim. 5:14; cf. Ps. 127:4, 5).

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