Bible Strands
Proverbs 5:18
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The sage addresses a young man in a moral exhortation, placing this directive between a command to keep intimacy exclusive and a description of marital delight.
The words — מְקוֹרְ/ךָ֥ (me.kor./cha) translates literally as "your spring" or "your fountain," and בָר֑וּךְ (va.Rukh) means "blessed."
The thread — The imagery and covenant language run through Ecclesiastes 9:9, Malachi 2:14, and Song of Solomon 4:15.
Why it lands — It instructs the reader to locate joy and satisfaction exclusively within one marriage, treating the spousal bond as a closed and protected domain.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Cross-references
- Ecclesiastes 9:9 Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
- Malachi 2:14 Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
- Song of Solomon 4:15 You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
- Song of Solomon 4:12 My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.