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Proverbs 7:17 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 7 · verse 17
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.Proverbs 7:17 · King James Version
Proverbs 7:17 in context
15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
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Solomon here, to enforce the caution he had given against the sin of whoredom, tells a story of a young man that was ruined to all intents and purposes by the enticements of an adulterous woman.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-23