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.