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Verse Proverbs 5:15. _DRINK WATERS OUT OF THINE OWN CISTERN_] Be
satisfied with thy own wife; and let the wife see that she reverence
her husband; and not tempt him by inattention or unkindness to see...
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The teacher seeks to counteract the evils of mere sensual passion
chiefly by setting forth the true blessedness of which it is the
counterfeit. The true wife is as a fountain of refreshment, where the...
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CHAPTER 5
_ 1. Shun the strange woman and sinful passion (Proverbs 5:1)_
2. The life of chastity (Proverbs 5:15)
Proverbs 5:1. It is a warning against literal fornication and the
accompanying spirit...
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PROVERBS 5:1; PROVERBS 5:10; PROVERBS 5:20. Three hortatory discourses
exactly similar to those in Proverbs 5:2 and...
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The remedy against sin is to be found in the holy estate which God has
ordained. "The resemblance between the two Books (the Song of Solomon
and the Book of Proverbs) in their treatment of this subjec...
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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...
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TEXT Proverbs 5:15-23
15.
Drink waters out of thine own cistern,
And running waters out of thine own well.
16.
Should thy springs be dispersed abroad,
And streams of water in the streets?
17....
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Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of
thine own well.
DRINK WATERS OUT OF THINE OWN CISTERN, AND RUNNING WATERS OUT OF
THINE OWN WELL. As all desire resembles thirst, to...
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UNHOLY PASSION. HALLOWED LOVE
A dissuasive from immorality addressed exclusively to men. The two
leading thoughts are (1) the disastrous consequences of adultery; loss
of honour, property, life, oppo...
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(15-20) DRINK WATERS OUT OF THINE OWN CISTERN... — In these verses
Solomon urges his disciples to follow after purity in the married
life; he pictures in vivid terms the delights which it affords as
c...
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שְׁתֵה ־מַ֥יִם מִ בֹּורֶ֑ךָ וְ֝
נֹזְלִ֗ים מִ
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CHAPTER 6
THE WAYS AND ISSUES OF SIN
"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 fo...
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This is a parental exhortation against impurity. It is expressed in
words of great delicacy and beauty, but it is none the less urgent and
searching. It recognizes one of the most subtle and natural
t...
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Drink waters out of (h) thine own cistern, and running waters out of
thine own well.
(h) He teaches us sobriety exhorting us to live of our own labours and
to be beneficial to the godly who want....
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_Well. Live comfortably on your own property, (Cajetan) with your own
wife. (Calmet)_...
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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 strange...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9.
There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter
s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly
so...
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DRINK WATERS OUT OF THINE OWN CISTERN,.... Arguments being used to
dissuade from conversation with an adulterous woman, taken from the
disgrace, diseases, poverty, and distress of mind on reflection,...
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Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine
own well.
Ver. 15. _Drink waters out of thine own cistern._] After other
preservatives from fornication, as not to think of or s...
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_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, i...
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Drink waters out of thine own cistern and running waters out of thine
own well, seeking the satisfaction of permitted desire and intercourse
only and alone within the bounds of holy wedlock....
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CHASTITY CONTRASTED WITH UNCHASTITY...
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15-23 Lawful marriage is a means God has appointed to keep from these
destructive vices. But we are not properly united, except as we attend
to God's word, seeking his direction and blessing, and act...
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This metaphor contained here, and PROVERBS 5:16, is to be understood
either,
1. Of the free and lawful use of a man's estate, both for his own
comfort, and for the good of others. Or rather,
2. Of th...
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Proverbs 5:15 Drink H8354 (H8798) water H4325 cistern H953 water H5140
(H8802) from H8432 well H875...
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SOLOMON CALLS ON HIS SON TO BE FAITHFUL TO HIS TRUE WIFE, AND TO
OBTAIN HIS SEXUAL ENJOYMENTS FROM HER (PROVERBS 5:15).
In contrast Solomon now brings home to ‘his son' (Proverbs 5:20) the
joys of sex...
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CONTENTS: Caution against the sin of whoredom.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: We ought industriously to avoid everything that might be
an occasion of the sin of adultery or a step to...
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Proverbs 5:3. _The lips of a strange woman drop as a honey-comb._ She
employs all her arts for bread, for drunkenness, for crime. How
wretched, how bitter is the life of a ruined and abandoned woman....
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_Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of
thine own well._
SPIRITUAL RESOURCES
I. Man has independent spiritual resources.
1. He has independent sources of thought. Every sa...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 5:15 The wife is pictured as a source of
water (WELL, FOUNTAIN, etc.). The man who is tempted to commit
adultery should think about how he would feel if his wife were to do
t...
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_ILLUSTRATION OF Proverbs 5:19_
Here we have started up, and sent leaping over the plain, another of
Solomon’s favourites. What elegant creatures those gazelles are, and
how gracefully they bound. We...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 5:1
8. _Eighth admonitory discourse. Warning against adultery, and
commendation of marriage. _The teacher, in this discourse, recurs to a
subject which he has glanced at before in...
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Now my son, attend unto my wisdom, bow your ear to my understanding:
That you may regard discretion, and that your lips may keep knowledge
(Proverbs 5:1; Proverbs 5:2).
And now he's going to warn his...
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1 Corinthians 7:2; Hebrews 13:4; Proverbs 5:18; Proverbs 5:19...
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Drink — Content thyself with those delights which God alloweth thee
in the sober use of the marriage — bed....