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Proverbs 7:17

Proverbs 7:17
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning,.... Taking him by the hand, and pulling him along, she says,…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

The love of perfumes is here, as in Isa 3:24, a sign of luxurious vice. Cinnamon - The Hebrew word is identical with the…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Proverbs 7:6-23

Solomon here, to enforce the caution he had given against the sin of whoredom, tells a story of a young man that was…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

perfumed or sprinkled, R.V. marg.; διέῤῥαγκα, LXX.; aspersi, Vulg. No sensual gratification shall be wanting. For a…

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