Catholic Public Domain Version

Proverbs 5:14-19 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

14. I have almost been with all evil in the midst of the church and of the assembly."

15. Drink water from your own cistern and from the springs of your own well.

16. Let your fountains be diverted far and wide, and divide your waters in the streets.

17. Hold them for yourself alone, and do not let strangers be partakers with you.

18. Let your spring be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of your youth:

19. a beloved doe and most pleasing fawn. Let her breasts inebriate you at all times. Be delighted continually by her love.