Proverbs 5:15
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Cross-references
Proverbs 5:18 expands the metaphor: 'rejoice in the wife of your youth' — directly applying the call to drink from your own cistern.
Proverbs 5:19 continues with imagery of delight and intoxication in your spouse's love — a direct extension of the marital fidelity theme.
Proverbs 18:22 declares finding a wife brings favor from God, supporting the value of staying faithful to one's own spouse.
1 Corinthians 7:2-5 urges each husband and wife to fulfill marital duties — reinforcing the call to enjoy one's own spouse.
Hebrews 13:4 honors marriage and warns against immorality — directly supporting the command to drink from your own well.
Psalm 128:3 pictures a fruitful wife as a vine at home, reinforcing the blessing of marital fidelity implied by drinking from one's own cistern.
Song of Solomon 4:12 uses the same locked garden and sealed fountain metaphor for exclusive marital love, echoing the 'own cistern' command.
1 Peter 3:7 instructs husbands to honor their wives, complementing the call to exclusive marital enjoyment in Proverbs 5:15.