Proverbs 9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
In Context
16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,
18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; [that] her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Cross References
2 Kings 5:24And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.
Proverbs 7:20he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.
Proverbs 23:31Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
Romans 7:8but sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, wrought in me every lust; for without law sin [was] dead.
James 1:14But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;
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 →