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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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THY FOUNTAIN: i.e. thine own wife. Compare Proverbs 5:16.
REJOICE WITH. get thy joy with. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac,
and Vulgate, read "in" instead of "with"....
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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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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....
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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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Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
LET THY FOUNTAIN BE BLESSED: AND REJOICE WITH THE WIFE OF THY YOUTH.
The first clause refers to , the second to . "Thy fountain...
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5:18 fountain (l-3) Ver. 16 as ch. 8.24; ver. 18 as ch. 10.11....
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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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It is blessed when enjoyed legitimately....
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Marriage is God’s gift. A husband and wife should give themselves to
each other. They should enjoy their marriage. They should love each
other. They attract each other, and this is good.
V21 God sees...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 5
Chapter 5 is a poem. The poem has two subjects:
1. A married woman tempts a man who is not her husband.
2. Evil things are like this woman,...
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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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LET THY FOUNTAIN... — As a reward for purity of life, the blessing
of a numerous offspring is invoked. (Comp. Psalms 128:3, where the
wife is a “fruitful vine,” and the children numerous and
flourishi...
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יְהִֽי ־מְקֹורְךָ֥ בָר֑וּךְ וּ֝
שְׂמַ֗ח מֵ אֵ
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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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Let thy (k) fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy (l)
youth.
(k) Your children who will come from you in great abundance showing
that God blesses marriage and curses whoredom.
(l) Wh...
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_Vein. Thou shalt have a numerous progeny, Psalm lxvii. 28., and
Isaias xlviii. 1. (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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LET THY FOUNTAIN BE BLESSED,.... Thy wife; make her happy by keeping
to her and from others; by behaving in a loving, affable, and
respectful manner to her; by living comfortably with her, and
providi...
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Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Ver. 18. _Let thy fountain be blessed._] Or, Thy fountain shall be
blessed, thy wife shall be fruitful, as Psalms 128:3, that psal...
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_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
s...
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CHASTITY CONTRASTED WITH UNCHASTITY...
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Let thy fountain be blessed, the children of lawful wedlock being
gifts of the Lord, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Cf
Deuteronomy 24:5; Ecclesiastes 9:9....
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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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THY FOUNTAIN; thy wife, as the next clause explains it. BE BLESSED;
she shall be blessed with children; for barrenness was esteemed a
curse and reproach, especially among the Israelites. Or rather, sh...
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Proverbs 5:18 fountain H4726 blessed H1288 (H8803) rejoice H8055
(H8798) wife H802 youth H5271
rejoice -...
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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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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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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 5:18 The intimacy of marriage provides the
place where sexual desires are rightly expressed for the enjoyment
(REJOICE) and good (BE BLESSED) of both husband and wife....
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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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Ecclesiastes 9:9; Malachi 2:14; Malachi 2:15...
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Fountain — Thy wife. Blessed — With children; for barrenness was
esteemed a curse among the Israelites....