Proverbs 9:17
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
In Context
16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Cross References
2 Kings 5:24When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from the servants and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they departed.
Proverbs 7:20He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
Proverbs 23:31Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
Romans 7:8But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
James 1:14But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
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 →