^{15 Ref} Drink water out of your own cistern, Running water out of your own well.

^{16 Ref} Should your springs overflow in the streets, Streams of water in the public squares?

¹⁷ Let them be for yourself alone, Not for strangers with you.

^{18 Ref} Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

^{19 Ref} A loving doe and a graceful deer-- Let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.

^{20 Ref} For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

^{21 Ref} For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.

^{22 Ref} The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

^{23 Ref} He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.