Proverbs 5:15-17 (ESV)
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
flowing water from your own well.
16 Should your springs be scattered abroad,
streams of water in the streets?
17 Let them be for yourself alone,
and not for strangers with you.
The father exhorts his son to satisfy his sexual thirst by drinking “water from his own cistern,” or going to his own wife for pleasure instead of going to the forbidden woman. A cistern, a well for storing rainwater, was a prized and privately owned possession. The son should hold his wife in high regard and turn to her alone for sexual gratification. This one-flesh relationship is to occur solely between the husband and his wife. Are you single today? If so, wait until you are married to become sexually active. Are you married today? If so, no matter how tired, bored, or even disappointed you are with your spouse, keep your sexual relationship alive. Those who are married should do whatever they can to become or remain sexually active. Plan time for sex with your spouse, and thoroughly enjoy the sexual aspect of your relationship with your spouse. As you make sex with your spouse a priority, keep your eyes open to the positive changes God may work in your day-to-day relationship with your husband as a result.