Proverbs 7:17

Read in context

Proverbs 7:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible

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!

19 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.

Hebrew words

Data created by STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Study Proverbs 7:17

Read the commentary on Proverbs 7

Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Song of Solomon 3:6

Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?

Isaiah 57:7

On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.

Isaiah 57:8

Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.

Isaiah 57:9

You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.

Psalms 45:8

All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.

Song of Solomon 4:13

Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,

Song of Solomon 4:14

with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.