Proverbs 7:17
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
In Context
16I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
18Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
Cross References
Exodus 30:23“Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,
Psalms 45:9The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
Song of Solomon 4:13Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,
Isaiah 57:7On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer 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 →