Proverbs 5:15-16

Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well. Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Proverbs 5

10 songs meet this passage

  • Get It On Tonite · Montell Jordan

    strains against Proverbs 5:15-16

    Proverbs calls a man to delight in the wife of his own, while this line reroutes that devotion toward someone else entirely.

  • “Who gave you a reason to act so shady?”

    It's Over Now · 112

    strains against Proverbs 5:15-16

    The suspicion of wandering affection here stands against Scripture's call to guard faithfulness within committed love.

  • “I've got seven women on my mind”

    Take It Easy · Eagles

    strains against Proverbs 5:15

    The scattershot romantic longing here stands apart from the wisdom literature's call to singular, faithful devotion.

  • “It's only 'cause I need some affection”

    Creep · TLC

    strains against Proverbs 5:15-18

    Scripture points toward seeking intimacy within the bond itself rather than outside it, even when that bond is wounded.

  • What About Us (Remix) · Total Featuring Blck Rob

    strains against Proverbs 5:15-18

    The song never engages the deeper wisdom about faithfulness this proverb commends; it stays in the wound rather than naming what was violated.

  • “Find someone that you can call your own”

    Don't Mess With My Man (Version 1) · Nivea

    resonates with Proverbs 5:15-18

    The wisdom literature also commends guarding the exclusivity and faithfulness of a marriage or committed relationship from outside interference.

  • Sorry 2004 · Ruben Studdard

    strains against Proverbs 5:15-18

    The song treats giving up these habits as a casual bargaining chip rather than the wholehearted devotion to one's spouse Scripture calls for.

  • Don't Wanna Be a Player · Joe

    resonates with Proverbs 5:15-19

    The broader turn toward faithful, exclusive devotion to one woman resonates with wisdom literature's praise of marital fidelity, even without any spiritual framing.

  • Romeo And Juliet · Sylk-E. Fyne & Chill

    resonates with Proverbs 5:15-19

    The warning against unfaithfulness and the call to delight only in one's own partner loosely echoes this proverb's counsel, even if the context is purely carnal.

  • Mambo No. 5 (a Little Bit of...) · Lou Bega

    strains against Proverbs 5:15-19

    Scripture celebrates delight in a single faithful spouse, a sharp contrast to the song's roster of rotating romantic interests.

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