Proverbs 5:19

"Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth."

Key Reflection

This verse suggests a deep connection between marital fidelity and divine blessing, implying that staying true to one’s spouse, especially during youthful years, brings spiritual and material prosperity. The imagery of a "spring" symbolizes life-giving waters, suggesting that a steadfast marriage provides a continuous source of joy and blessing.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Better, “A loving hind (is she) and pleasant roe.” As in the whole circle of Arab and Persian poetry the antelope and the gazelle are the chosen images of beauty, so they served with equal fitness for the masculine and feminine types of it. (Compare the names Tabitha and DorcasActs 9:36.

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