Proverbs 7:17
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
In Context
16I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
18Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving.
Cross References
Exodus 30:23“Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels; and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty; and of fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty;
Psalms 45:9Kings’ daughters are amongst your honourable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
Song of Solomon 4:13Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits, henna with spikenard plants,
Isaiah 57:7On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed. You also went up there to offer 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 →