Proverbs 9:17 · KJV
“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread {eaten} in secret is pleasant. {eaten...: Heb. of secrecies}”
— Proverbs 9:17
Whoso {is} simple, let him turn in hither: and {as for} him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
But he knoweth not that the dead {are} there; {and that} her guests {are} in the depths of hell.
Proverbs 9 — Context
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
16Whoso {is} simple, let him turn in hither: and {as for} him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread {eaten} in secret is pleasant. {eaten...: Heb. of secrecies}
18But he knoweth not that the dead {are} there; {and that} her guests {are} in the depths of hell.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:17
Bread of deceit {is} sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. {deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood}
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.
Proverbs 7:18-20
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree {was} good for food, and that it {was} pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make {one} wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. {pleasant: Heb. a desire}
Ephesians 5:12
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
2 Kings 5:24-27
And 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. {tower: or, secret place}