Proverbs 7:17 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

Proverbs 7:17

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Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved {works}, with fine linen of Egypt.

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:

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Proverbs 7:1

"My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee."

Proverbs 7:2

"Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye."

Proverbs 7:3

"Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart."

Proverbs 7:4

"Say unto wisdom, Thou {art} my sister; and call understanding {thy} kinswoman:"

Proverbs 7:5

"That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words."

Proverbs 7:6

"For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,"

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