Proverbs 5:16-17

¹⁶Why should your springs flow in the streets,

your streams of water in the public squares?

¹⁷Let them be yours alone,

never to be shared with strangers.

— Proverbs 5:16-17

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Cross References for Proverbs 5:16-17

• Psalm 128:3
• Psalm 127:3
• Genesis 24:60
• Judges 12:9
• Isaiah 48:21
• Psalm 68:26
• Deuteronomy 33:28

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