Proverbs 5:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfyc thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. ”

Proverbs 5:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Better, “A loving hind (is she) and pleasant roe.” As in the whole circle of Arab and Persian poetry the antelope and the gazelle are the chosen images of beauty, so they served with equal fitness...
Proverbs 5:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 5:1-9 ; Proverbs 5:10-19 ; Proverbs 5:20-23 . Three hortatory discourses exactly similar to those in Proverbs 5:2 and Proverbs 5:3 . The subject is the praise of Wisdom, and the desc...
Proverbs 5:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. The loving hind and pleasant roe - By אילת aiyeleth, the deer;...
Proverbs 5:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let her be as the loving hind— Bishop Patrick observes, that the wise man describes allegorically the felicities of the nuptial state under the comparison of a domestic fountain, where a man may qu...
Proverbs 5:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. (Let her be as) the loving hind and pleasant roe - or ant...
Proverbs 5:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Unholy Passion. Hallowed Love A dissuasive from immorality addressed exclusively to men. The two leading thoughts are (1) the disastrous consequences of adultery; loss of honour, property, life, o...
Proverbs 5:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(15-20) Drink waters out of thine own cistern ... — In these verses Solomon urges his disciples to follow after purity in the married life; he pictures in vivid terms the delights which it affords a...
Proverbs 5:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 6 THE WAYS AND ISSUES OF SIN "His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his...
Proverbs 5:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a parental exhortation against impurity. It is expressed in words of great delicacy and beauty, but it is none the less urgent and searching. It recognizes one of the most subtle and natural...
Proverbs 5:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. Let them be only thine own, and not strang...
Proverbs 5:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe ,.... That is, the wife of youth; let her always appear to thee as amiable and lovely as these creatures are; or let her be loved by thee as these ar...
Proverbs 5:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 5:19 [Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. Ver. 19. Let her be as the loving hind, &amp...
Proverbs 5:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let her be as the loving hind Hebrew, as the hind of loves; as amiable and delightful as the hinds are to princes and great men, who used to make them tame and familiar, and to take great delight...
Proverbs 5:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Conjugal Fidelity Enjoined. 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. 16 Le...
Proverbs 5:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As the loving hind, or, as the beloved hind , Heb. the hind of loves ; as amiable and delightful as the hinds are, either, 1. To their males, the harts; or, 2. To princes and great men, who u...
Proverbs 5:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon Calls On His Son To Be Faithful To His True Wife, And To Obtain His Sexual Enjoyments From Her ( Proverbs 5:15-20 ). In contrast Solomon now brings home to ‘his son' ( Proverbs 5:20 ) the...
Proverbs 5:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ILLUSTRATION OF Proverbs 5:19 Here we have started up, and sent leaping over the plain, another of Solomon’s favourites. What elegant creatures those gazelles are, and how gracefully they bound....
Proverbs 5:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 5:3 . The lips of a strange woman drop as a honey-comb. She employs all her arts for bread, for drunkenness, for crime. How wretched, how bitter is the life of a ruined and abandoned woma...
Proverbs 5:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 5:1-20 8. Eighth admonitory discourse. Warning against adultery, and commendation of marriage. The teacher, in this discourse, recurs to a subject which he has glanced...
Proverbs 5:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Chastity Contrasted with Unchastity
Proverbs 5:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 12:4 ; Proverbs 5:15 ; Song of Solomon 2:9 ; Song of Solomon 4:5 ; Song of Solomon 7:3 ; Song of Solomon 8:14
Proverbs 5:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Satisfy thee — At all convenient times: for that there may be excess in the marriage — bed is manifest. Ravished — Love her fervently. It is an hyperbolical expression.

Proverbs 5:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 5:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 5:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 5:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 5:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 5:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 5:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 5:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 5:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 5:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 5:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 5:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 5:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 5:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 5:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 5:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 5:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 5:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 5:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 5:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 5:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 5:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes