Proverbs 7:17
I sprinkled my bed [with] myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
In Context
16I decked my bed [with] ornamental coverings, || Carved works—cotton of Egypt.
18Come, we are filled [with] love until the morning, || We delight ourselves in loves.
Cross References
Exodus 30:23“And you, take [these] principal spices for yourself: five hundred [shekels] of liquid myrrh, and the half of that—two hundred and fifty [shekels]—of spice-cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty [shekels] of spice-cane,
Psalms 45:9Daughters of kings [are] among Your precious ones, || A queen has stood at Your right hand, || In pure gold of Ophir.
Song of Solomon 4:13Your shoots a paradise of pomegranates, || With precious fruits,
Isaiah 57:7On a mountain, high and exalted, || You have set your bed, || You have also gone up there to make a sacrifice.
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 →