Verse 17
Proverbs 9:17
New King James Version
17
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread
eaten in secret is pleasant.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מַֽיִם גְּנוּבִ֥ים יִמְתָּ֑קוּ וְ/לֶ֖חֶם סְתָרִ֣ים יִנְעָֽם
English Translation
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
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Chapter 9 Context
1
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
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2
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
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3
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
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4
Whoso
is simple, let him turn in hither:
as for
him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
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5
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine
which I have mingled.
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6
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
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7
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked
man getteth hims...
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8
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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9
Give
instruction to a wise
man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just
man, and he will increase in...
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10
The fear of the LORD
is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy
is understanding.
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11
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
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12
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but
if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear
it.
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13
A foolish woman
is clamorous:
she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
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14
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
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15
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
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16
Whoso
is simple, let him turn in hither: and
as for
him that wanteth understanding, she saith to hi...
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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.
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