Proverbs 7:17
I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh, aloe, and cinnamon.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
In Context
16I have woven my bed with cords. I have strewn it with embroidered tapestries from Egypt.
Cross References
Exodus 30:23saying: “Take for yourself aromatics: of the first and best myrrh, five hundred shekels, and of cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred and fifty shekels; of sweet flag similarly two hundred and fifty,
Psalms 45:9Draw near and behold the works of the Lord: what portents he has set upon the earth,
Song of Solomon 4:13You send forth a paradise of pomegranates along with the fruits of the orchard: Cypress grapes, with aromatic oil;
Isaiah 57:7Upon a high and lofty mountain, you have placed your bed, and you have ascended to that place to immolate victims.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:7-24
The Foolish Young Man; Enticements of the Adulteress. 6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now… Read the whole commentary →