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Proverbs 7:17

My bed haue I made to smell of Myrre, Aloes, and Cinamon.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

In Context

16I haue deckt my bed with coueringes of tapessarie, and clothes of Egypt.

18Come let vs take our fill of loue vntyll the morning, and let vs solace our selues with the pleasures of loue.

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Cross References

Isaiah 57:7Thou hast made thy bed vpon hye mountaynes, thou wentest vp thyther, and there thou hast slayne sacrifices.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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