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Proverbs 9

Prov. 9:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Stolen
ganab (Hebrew #1589)
to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
KJV usage: carry away, X indeed, secretly bring, steal (away), get by stealth.
Pronounce: gaw-nab'
Origin: a primitive root
waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
are sweet
mathaq (Hebrew #4985)
to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet
KJV usage: be (made, X take) sweet.
Pronounce: maw-thak'
Origin: a primitive root
, and bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
δeaten in secret
cether (Hebrew #5643)
from 5641; a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
KJV usage: backbiting, covering, covert, X disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).
Pronounce: say'-ther
Origin: or (feminine) cithrah (Deut. 32:38), {sith-raw'}
is pleasant
na`em (Hebrew #5276)
to be agreeable (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: pass in beauty, be delight, be pleasant, be sweet.
Pronounce: naw-ame'
Origin: a primitive root
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of secrecies.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Stolen.
Prov. 20:17• 17Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. (Prov. 20:17)
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Prov. 23:31‑32• 31Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
 32at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. (Prov. 23:31‑32)
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Gen. 3:6• 6And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a pleasure for the eyes, and the tree was to be desired to give intelligence; and she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. (Gen. 3:6)
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Rom. 7:8• 8but sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, wrought in me every lust; for without law sin was dead. (Rom. 7:8)
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James 1:14‑15• 14But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;
 15then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death. (James 1:14‑15)
eaten in secret.
Heb. of secrecies.
Prov. 7:18‑20• 18Come, let us revel in love until the morning, let us delight ourselves with loves.
 19For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;
 20he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon. (Prov. 7:18‑20)
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Prov. 30:20• 20Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. (Prov. 30:20)
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2 Kings 5:24‑27• 24And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.
 25And he entered in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
 26And he said to him, Did not my heart go, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and bondmen, and bondwomen?
 27But the leprosy of Naaman shall fasten upon thee, and upon thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, as snow. (2 Kings 5:24‑27)
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Eph. 5:12• 12for the things that are done by them in secret it is shameful even to say. (Eph. 5:12)
• Illicit pleasures charm for a time, and ensnare the simple. (“Proverbs Nine” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.