Cross references
Proverbs 5:18
May your fountain be blessed,
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
Proverbs 5:18 has 4 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 9:9 (20 votes) and Malachi 2:14–15 (11 votes). 25 other verses point back to it. It links with 18 other books, from Genesis 26 to 1 Peter 3.
Which verses does Proverbs 5:18 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ecclesiastes 9:920 votes
Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
- Malachi 2:14–1511 votes
Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
- Song of Solomon 4:155 votes
You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
- Song of Solomon 4:124 votes
My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
Which verses point to Proverbs 5:18?
The 10 strongest of 25.