Proverbs 9:17
'Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
In Context
16'Who [is] simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart — she said to him,
18And he hath not known that Rephaim [are] there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!
Cross References
2 Kings 5:24and he cometh in unto the high place, and taketh out of their hand, and layeth up in the house, and sendeth away the men, and they go.
Proverbs 7:20A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.'
Proverbs 23:31See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.
Romans 7:8'Thou shalt not covet;' and the sin having received an opportunity, through the command, did work in me all covetousness — for apart from law sin is dead.
James 1:14and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away 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 →