Proverbs 7:16
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
World Messianic 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 I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Cross References
Proverbs 31:22She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Song of Solomon 3:7Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.
Ezekiel 27:7Your sail was of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt, that it might be to you for a banner. Blue and purple from the islands of Elishah was your awning.
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 →