Proverbs 5:15
Proverbs 5:15
Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.
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This verse uses imagery of drinking from one’s own cistern to illustrate the importance of marital faithfulness. It encourages satisfaction within one’s own marriage, warning against the temptation to seek fulfillment elsewhere. The “flowing water” symbolizes the joy and refreshment that come from a committed relationship, highlighting that God’s design for marriage includes intimacy, trust, and loyalty. For believers, this verse is a reminder to cherish and invest in their relationships, finding joy and contentment within the covenant of marriage. It challenges individuals to resist the lure of infidelity, choosing instead to cultivate love and satisfaction with their spouse. By “drinking from one’s own well,” couples honor God’s purpose for marriage, experiencing the richness and fulfillment that come from a faithful and exclusive relationship. This verse inspires a life of purity, wisdom, and devotion to one’s partner.
Leviticus 20:10
If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.
Proverbs 6:32
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Proverbs 23:27
For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well.
Matthew 5:28
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.