Proverbs 9:17 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 9:17

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

KJV

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ASV

Stolen waters are sweet, And breadeatenin secret is pleasant.

WEB

“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

YLT

`Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'

DBT

Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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16 verses on the floor

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.
Ephesians 5:12
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
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.

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Simple - Ignorant, and weak. A former - He shews whom he meant by the foolish, ver. 6, even scorners and wicked men, and presses his last advice of forsaking them because there was no good, but hurt to be got from them. A scorner - An obstinate and incorrigible sinner.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

The bread is eaten in secret, for fear of discovery and punishment, and the sinner takes a pride in having so far baffled his convictions, and triumphed over them, that, notwithstanding that fear, he dares commit the sin, and can make himself believe that, being eaten in secret, it shall never be discovered or reckoned for.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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