Proverbs 7:16
I have spread my bed with coverlets, With tapestry of the thread of Egypt.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
In Context
15Therefore came I forth to meet thee,—Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee!
17I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Cross References
Proverbs 31:22She maketh for herself coverlets; Her clothing is of fine linen and purple.
Song of Solomon 3:7Behold, the carriage of Solomon! Threescore valiant men are around it, Of the valiant men of Israel.
Ezekiel 27:7Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou didst spread forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the coasts of Elisha were thy covering.
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 →