Proverbs 9:17
“Stolen water is sweet, and food eaten in secret tastes good!”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
In Context
16“Everybody who needs to learn, come and see me!” To people who don't have any sense she says,
Cross References
2 Kings 5:24When Gehazi arrived at the hill fortress, he took the gifts from the servants and put them in the house. He told the men they could go, and they left.
Proverbs 7:20He took a bag of money with him, and he won't be coming back until the full moon.”
Proverbs 23:31Don't let the look of wine tempt you—how red it is, how it sparkles in the cup, how smooth it feels as it goes down.
Romans 7:8But through this commandment sin found a way to stir up in me all kinds of selfish desires—for without law, sin is dead.
James 1:14Temptations come from our own evil desires that lead us astray and entrap us.
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 →