Proverbs 9:17

Stolen waters are sweete, & the bread that is priuily eaten, hath a good taste.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

In Context

16Who so is ignoraunt [sayeth she] let hym come hyther: and to the vnwyse she saith,

18And he doth not consider that they are but dead whiche be there, and that her ghestes are in the deepe of hell.

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Cross References

Proverbs 7:20He hath taken the bagge of money with hym, and wyll returne at the appointed solempne feast.

Proverbs 23:31Looke not thou vpon the wine howe red it is, and what a colour it geueth in the glasse:

Romans 7:8But sinne, takyng occasion by the commaundement, wrought in me all maner of concupiscence. For without the lawe, sinne [was] dead.

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 →

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