Proverbs 9:17
'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
In Context
18But he knoweth not that the shades are there; that her guests are in the depths of the nether-world.
Cross References
2 Kings 5:24And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and deposited them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.
Proverbs 7:20He hath taken the bag of money with him; he will come home at the full moon.'
Proverbs 23:31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it glideth down smoothly;
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 →