Proverbs 7:17

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 1

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I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

In Context

16I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, 2 with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt [Abode of slavery]. 1

18Come, let’s take our fill of dod ·loving· until the morning. 2 Let’s solace ourselves with loving. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 30:23“Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels [12.5 lb; 5.67 kg]; and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty shekels [6.25 lb; 2.835 kg]; and of fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty shekels [6.25 lb; 2.835 kg];

Psalms 45:9Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women. 2 At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir. 1

Isaiah 57:7On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed. 2 You also went up there to offer sacrifice. 1

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 →

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