Proverbs 7:17
I have sprinkled my bed, with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
In Context
16Coverlets, have I spread on my couch of pleasure, dark-hued stuffs, of the yarn of Egypt;
18Come! let us take our fill of endearments, until morning, let us delight ourselves with caresses;
Cross References
Exodus 30:23Thou, therefore, take to thee—principal spices,—self-flowing myrrh, five hundred, and fragrant cinnamon, half as much, two hundred and fifty, and, fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty;
Psalms 45:9Daughters of kings, are among thine honourable women, Stationed is the bride at thy right hand, in gold of Ophir.
Song of Solomon 4:13Thy buddings forth, are a paradise of pomegranates, with precious fruits,—henna bushes, with nard blossoms:
Isaiah 57:7On a mountain high and uplifted, hast thou set thy couch,—Even thither, hast thou gone up, 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 →