Cross references

Proverbs 5:16

Why should your springs flow in the streets,

your streams of water in the public squares?

Proverbs 5:16 BSB

Proverbs 5:16 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 128:3 (7 votes) and Psalm 127:3 (5 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 24 to 1 Peter 3.

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Which verses does Proverbs 5:16 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.

  2. Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

  3. And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”

  4. So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.

  5. He had thirty sons, as well as thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage to men outside his clan; and for his sons he brought back thirty wives from elsewhere. Ibzan judged Israel seven years.

  6. Bless God in the great congregation; bless the LORD from the fountain of Israel.

  7. They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.

Which verses point to Proverbs 5:16?

The 10 strongest of 15.