Proverbs 5:16

¹⁴ I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”

¹⁵ Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.

Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?

¹⁷ Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.

¹⁸ May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:

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ÅB: Skulle vel dine kilder strømme ut på gaten, dine bekker på torvene?
OTB: Skal dine kilder flyte ut i gatene, dine vannstrømmer på de offentlige plassene?
B1930: Skulde vel dine kilder strømme ut på gaten, dine bekker på torvene?

BSB: Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
KJV: Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
WEB: Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?
ASV: Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?
DARBY: Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways.
BLB: Should your fountains be dispersed outside, channels of water in broad places?

Psalms 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
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Psalms 127:3
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
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Deuteronomy 33:28
So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.
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Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
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Isaiah 48:21
They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
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Judges 12:9
He had thirty sons, as well as thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage to men outside his clan; and for his sons he brought back thirty wives from elsewhere. Ibzan judged Israel seven years.
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Psalms 68:26
Bless God in the great congregation; bless the LORD from the fountain of Israel.
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