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Proverbs 7:16
Proverbs 7:16 is verse 16 of Proverbs chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
King James Version
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
World English Bible
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
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Proverbs 7:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
14 “I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
15 So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
16 I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Song of Solomon 1:16How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
Song of Solomon 3:7Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.
Song of Solomon 3:8All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.
Song of Solomon 3:9King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.
Song of Solomon 3:10He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.
Revelation 2:22Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.
1 Kings 10:28Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
Isaiah 19:9The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.
Ezekiel 27:7Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt they made your sail, which served as your banner. Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah they made your awning.