Proverbs 5:15 - Compare All Versions
Proverbs 5:15-16 MSG (The Message)
Do you know the saying, “Drink from your own rain barrel, draw water from your own spring-fed well”? It’s true. Otherwise, you may one day come home and find your barrel empty and your well polluted.
Proverbs 5:15 KJV (King James Version)
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.
Proverbs 5:15 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well.
Proverbs 5:15 NCV (New Century Version)
Be faithful to your own wife, just as you drink water from your own well.
Proverbs 5:15 ASV (American Standard Version)
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.
Proverbs 5:15 NIV (New International Version)
Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.
Proverbs 5:15 NKJV (New King James Version)
Drink water from your own cistern, And running water from your own well.
Proverbs 5:15 AMP (Amplified Bible)
¶Drink water from your own cistern [of a pure marriage relationship] And fresh running water from your own well.
Proverbs 5:15 NLT (New Living Translation)
Drink water from your own well— share your love only with your wife.
Proverbs 5:15 TPT (The Passion Translation)
My son, share your love with your wife alone. Drink from her well of pleasure and from no other.
Proverbs 5:15 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.