Proverbs 9:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Stolen waters; by which he understandeth, either,

1. Idolatry, or other wickednesses, which in Solomon's time before his fall were publicly forbidden and punished, but privately practised; or rather,

2. Adultery. Are sweet; partly, from the difficulty of obtaining them; partly, from the art which men use in contriving such secret sins; and partly, because the very prohibition renders it more grateful to corrupt nature.

Proverbs 9:17

17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.