"For the goodman {is} not at home, he is gone a long journey:" — Proverbs 7:19

Proverbs 7:19 · KJV

“For the goodman {is} not at home, he is gone a long journey:”

— Proverbs 7:19

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

He hath taken a bag of money with him, {and} will come home at the day appointed. {with...: Heb. in his hand} {the day...: or, the new moon}

Proverbs 7 — Context

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

For the goodman {is} not at home, he is gone a long journey:

He hath taken a bag of money with him, {and} will come home at the day appointed. {with...: Heb. in his hand} {the day...: or, the new moon}

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

Cross References

Luke 12:45-46

But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

Matthew 20:11

And when they had received {it}, they murmured against the goodman of the house,

Matthew 24:48

But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

Matthew 24:43

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

Luke 12:39

And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

Mark 13:34-36

{For the Son of man is} as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.