Proverbs 9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, 1 and lechem eaten in secret is pleasant. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
In Context
18But he has no da'as that the dead ones are there; 1 and that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Cross References
2 Kings 5:24And when he came to a secluded spot, he took them from their yad, and put them away in the bais; and he let the anashim go, and they departed.
Proverbs 7:20He hath taken a bag of kesef with him, 1 and will come back to his bais at the appointed time. 1
Proverbs 23:31Stare not thou into the yayin when it is red, 1 when it sparkles in the kos (cup), 1 when it goeth down smoothly. 1
Romans 7:8But Chet (Sin), seizing its opportunity through the mitzvoh (commandment), stirred up all manner of chamdanut (covetousness) in me. For in the absence of the Gezetz, Chet (Sin) is dead.
James 1:14But each one is tempted by his own ta'avah (lust, yetzer hara), being dragged off by it and being allured. + 1:14 Prov 19:3
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 →