Proverbs 9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
In Context
16Whoso is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that wants understanding, she says to him,
18But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guest are in the depths of hell.
Cross References
2 Kings 5:24And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
Proverbs 7:20He has taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
Proverbs 23:31Look not you upon the wine when it is red, when it gives his colour in the cup, when it moves itself aright.
Romans 7:8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
James 1:14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:14-18
The Invitation of Folly. 13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15 To call passengers who go right on their ways: 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. We have heard what… Read the whole commentary →