Proverbs 7:17
I have sprinkled my bed 1 with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
In Context
16I have spread coverings on my bed, 1 colored linens from Egypt. 1
18Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; 1 let us take great pleasure in acts of love. 1
Cross References
Exodus 30:23“Take these fine spices: five hundred shekels of flowing myrrh, 250 shekels of sweet-smelling cinnamon, 250 shekels of sweet-smelling cane,
Psalms 45:9Kings' daughters are among your honorable women; 1 at your right hand stands the queen clothed in gold of Ophir. 1
Song of Solomon 4:13Your branches are a grove of pomegranate trees with choice fruits, 1 and of henna and nard plants, 1
Isaiah 57:7You prepared your bed on a high mountain; 1 you also went up there to offer sacrifices. 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 →