Proverbs 9:17
“Stolen waters are more soothing, and secret bread is more pleasant.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
In Context
16“Whoever is little, let him turn aside to me.” And to the frenzied, she said,
18And he did not know that giants are there, and that her companions are in the depths of Hell.
Cross References
2 Kings 5:24And when now he had arrived in the evening, he took them from their hands, and he stored them in the house. And he dismissed the men, and they went away.
Proverbs 7:20He took with him a bag of money. He will return to his house on the day of the full moon.”
Proverbs 23:31Do not gaze into the wine when it turns gold, when its color shines in the glass. It enters pleasantly,
Romans 7:8But sin, receiving an opportunity through the commandment, wrought in me all manner of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.
James 1:14Yet truly, each one is tempted by his own desires, having been enticed and drawn away.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:14-18
The Invitation of Folly. 13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15 To call passengers who go right on their ways: 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. We have heard what… Read the whole commentary →