
Text -- Proverbs 5:19 (NET)




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Wesley: Pro 5:19 - -- At all convenient times: for that there may be excess in the marriage - bed is manifest.
At all convenient times: for that there may be excess in the marriage - bed is manifest.

Love her fervently. It is an hyperbolical expression.
JFB: Pro 5:15-20 - -- By figures, in which well, cistern, and fountain [Pro 5:15, Pro 5:18] represent the wife, and rivers of waters [Pro 5:16] the children, men are exhort...
By figures, in which well, cistern, and fountain [Pro 5:15, Pro 5:18] represent the wife, and rivers of waters [Pro 5:16] the children, men are exhorted to constancy and satisfaction in lawful conjugal enjoyments. In Pro 5:16, fountains (in the plural) rather denote the produce or waters of a spring, literally, "what is from a spring," and corresponds with "rivers of waters."

Other figures for a wife from the well-known beauty of these animals.

Literally, "intoxicated," that is, fully satisfied.
Clarke: Pro 5:19 - -- The loving hind and pleasant roe - By אילת aiyeleth , the deer; by יעלה yaalah , the ibex or mountain goat, may be meant
The loving hind and pleasant roe - By

Clarke: Pro 5:19 - -- Let her breasts satisfy thee - As the infant is satisfied with the breasts of its mother; so shouldst thou be with the wife of thy youth.
Let her breasts satisfy thee - As the infant is satisfied with the breasts of its mother; so shouldst thou be with the wife of thy youth.
TSK -> Pro 5:19
TSK: Pro 5:19 - -- as the : Son 2:9, Son 4:5, Son 7:3, Son 8:14
satisfy thee : Heb. water thee, Pro 5:15
be thou ravished always with her love : Heb. err thou always in ...

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Barnes -> Pro 5:19
Barnes: Pro 5:19 - -- 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 imag...
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 for the masculine and feminine types of it. (Compare the names Tabitha and Dorcas Act 9:36.
Poole -> Pro 5:19
Poole: Pro 5:19 - -- 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 h...
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 used to make them tame and familiar, and to take great delight in them, as hath been noted by many writers; of which see my Latin Synopsis.
Her breasts i.e. her loves and embraces, expressed by lying between the breasts, Son 1:13 ; Compare Eze 23:3,8,21 .
At all times at all convenient times; for that there may be excess in the use of the marriage bed is manifest, not only from many scriptures, but from the light of nature, and the consent of wise and sober heathens, who have laid restraints upon men in this particular. A man may be drunk with his own wine, and intemperate with his own wife. Or, in all ages and conditions. Do not only love her when she is young and beautiful, but also when she is old and deformed.
Be thou ravished love her fervently. It is an hyperbolical expression.
Haydock -> Pro 5:19
Haydock: Pro 5:19 - -- Love. This is spoken by way of permission, and to withdraw people from unlawful connections, Ecclesiastes ii. 1., and 1 Corinthians vii. 29. (Calme...
Love. This is spoken by way of permission, and to withdraw people from unlawful connections, Ecclesiastes ii. 1., and 1 Corinthians vii. 29. (Calmet)
Gill -> Pro 5:19
Gill: Pro 5:19 - -- 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 creature...
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 are by princes and great men w, who used to keep them tame, keep them clean, wash, comb them, and adorn them, and play with them; or rather, as these creatures are loving to their mates, let thy love be single, chaste, pure, and fervent, as theirs; see Son 2:9. The pure church of Christ is very different from the apostate church of Rome; the one is compared to a loving and lovely creature, innocent and chaste; the other to a cruel and savage beast, Rev 13:1;
let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; even as it were to be inebriated therewith, and so as not to seek out elsewhere to strange women for satisfaction; see Son 1:13. The church's breasts are the ordinances of the Gospel, which are said to be like young roes, and afford great pleasure, satisfaction, and refreshment to true believers, Son 4:5;
and be thou ravished always with her love; greatly delighted with it, both in loving her and being loved by her; and let this always continue in old age as well as in youth; or now as well as formerly, and not for a short time, but for continuance: or, "err thou always in her love" x; if any error is committed by thee, let it be on the side of love, in loving her too much; better err in loving her than in loving a strange woman.

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TSK Synopsis -> Pro 5:1-23
TSK Synopsis: Pro 5:1-23 - --1 Solomon exhorts to wisdom.3 He shews the mischief of whoredom and riot.15 He exhorts to contentedness, liberality, and chastity.22 The wicked are ov...
MHCC -> Pro 5:15-23
MHCC: Pro 5:15-23 - --Lawful marriage is a means God has appointed to keep from these destructive vices. But we are not properly united, except as we attend to God's word, ...
Matthew Henry -> Pro 5:15-23
Matthew Henry: Pro 5:15-23 - -- Solomon, having shown the great evil that there is in adultery and fornication, and all such lewd and filthy courses, here prescribes remedies again...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Pro 5:18-20
Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 5:18-20 - --
With Pro 5:18 is introduced anew the praise of conjugal love. These three verses, Pro 5:18-21, have the same course of thought as Pro 5:15-17.
18 L...
Constable: Pro 1:1--9:18 - --I. DISCOURSES ON WISDOM chs. 1--9
Verse one introduces both the book as a whole and chapters 1-9 in particular. ...

Constable: Pro 1:8--8:1 - --B. Instruction for Young People 1:8-7:27
The two ways (paths) introduced in 1:7 stretch out before the r...

Constable: Pro 5:1-23 - --5. Warnings against unfaithfulness in marriage ch. 5
Chapters 5-7 all deal with the consequences...
