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NASB					Prov 5:15 ¶ Drink⁸³⁵⁴ water⁴³²⁵ from your own cistern^953a And ¹fresh⁵¹⁴⁰ water⁵¹⁴⁰ from your own well⁸⁷⁵.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Prov 5:15 ¶ ¹Drink water from your own ²cistern [of a pure marriage relationship] And fresh running water from your own well.

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All of the Ten Commandments are reflected in the book of Proverbs; here it is the seventh, "You shall not commit adultery."

Vv 15-18 describe the purity of a man's relationship in marriage. The cistern and well represent his wife.

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875

beer (91c); from 874; a well, pit:--pit(2), pits(1), well(29), well's(1), wells(3).

953a

bor (92b); from 874; a pit, cistern, well:--cistern(14), cisterns(3), death(1), dungeon(3), dungeon*(2), pit(35), pits(2), quarry*(1), well(5).

4325

mayim (565b); a prim. root; waters, water:--flood(1), loins(1), pool(1), Water(5), water(373), watering(1), waterless*(1), waters(192).

5140

nazal (633c); a prim. root; to flow, trickle, drop, distill:--distill(1), flow(4), flowing(2), fresh water(1), pour down(2), quaked(1), streams(4), wafted(1).

8354

shathah (1059a); a prim. root; to drink:--certainly drink(2), drank(27), drink(138), drink the will certainly(1), drink down(1), drinkers(1), drinking(18), drinks(9), drunk(11), drunkards*(1), feasted(1), surely drink(1), well-watered(2).

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