Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 5:15
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Berean Standard Bible
Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
King James Version
¶ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
World English Bible
Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.
American Standard Version
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 5
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.
14 I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”
15 Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
16 Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
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