Proverbs 9:17

2 Kings 5:24-27; Ephesians 5:12; Genesis 3:6; James 1:14; James 1:15; Proverbs 20:17; Proverbs 23:31; Proverbs 23:32; Proverbs 30:20; Proverbs 7:18-20; Romans 7:8

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The besetting sin of all times and countries, the one great proof of the inherent corruption of man’s nature. Pleasures are attractive because they...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 9. The Invitations of Wisdom and Folly Contrasted. This section closes with a couple of graphic pictures of Wisdom and Folly personified,...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Stolen waters are sweet— A proverbial expression for illicit pleasures; the Greeks and Latins make use of the same phrase. See chap. Proverbs 5:15...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. Stolen waters are sweet, and bread (eaten) in secret is pleasant - (cf. the a...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The forbidden is attractive.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Stolen waters are sweet. — See above, on Proverbs 5:15 . Bread eaten in secret. — The same figure is used in Proverbs 30:20 .
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Stolen waters are sweet ,.... Wells and fountains of waters in those hot countries were very valuable, and were the property of particular persons;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Stolen waters; by which he understandeth, either, 1. Idolatry, or other wickednesses, which in Solomon's time before his fall were publicly forbi...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Stolen waters are sweet, that is, forbidden pleasures, as praised by folly, especially in the form of immoral acts, illicit intercourse, seem pleasan...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Sweet — From the difficulty of obtaining them; and because the very prohibition renders them more grateful to corrupt nature.

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 9:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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