Proverbs 9:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Proverbs 9:17 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 20:17
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Proverbs 23:31-32
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. …
Proverbs 30:20
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
James 1:14-15
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. …
Romans 7:8
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

Topics

Adultery Afflictions and Adversities Commandments Concupiscence Copulation Crime Death Faith

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-18)

We have heard what Christ has to say, to engage our affections to God and godliness, and one would think the whole world should go after him; but here we are told how industrious the tempter is to seduce unwary souls into the paths of sin, and with the most he gains his point, and Wisdom’s courtship is not effectual. Now observe, I. Who is the tempter— a foolish woman, Folly herself, in opposition…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17. The language of a proverb, meaning that forbidden delights are sweet and pleasant, as fruits of risk and danger.