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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 man,{HR}But afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel. (Prov. 20:17)
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Prov. 23:31‑32• 31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,{HR}When it sparkleth in the cup,{HR}When it goeth down smoothly.
 32At the last it biteth like a serpent,{HR}And stingeth like an adder. (Prov. 23:31‑32)
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Gen. 3:6• 6When the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that [it was] pleasant to the eyes, and the tree [was] desirable to make wise, 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 having taken occasion by the commandment wrought in me every lust; for apart from law sin is dead. (Rom. 7:8)
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James 1:14‑15• 14But each is tempted when by his own lust drawn away and enticed;
 15then lust having conceived bringeth forth sin; and sin when completed giveth birth to death. (James 1:14‑15)
eaten in secret.
Heb. of secrecies.
Prov. 7:18‑20• 18Come, let us revel in love until the morning;{HR}Let us delight ourselves with loves.
 19For the husband [is] not at home{HR}And he is gone a long journey;
 20He hath taken the money-bag with him;{HR}He will come home at the day of full moon. (Prov. 7:18‑20)
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Prov. 30:20• 20{i}Such is the way of an adulterous woman:{HR}She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith,{HR}I have done no wickedness.{/i} (Prov. 30:20)
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2 Kings 5:24‑27• 24{i}And 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.{/i}
 25{i}And he entered in and stood before his master.{/i}
 26{i}And 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?{/i}
 27{i}But the leprosy of Naaman shall fasten upon thee, and upon thy seed forever. And he went out from his presence leprous, as snow.{/i} (2 Kings 5:24‑27)
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Eph. 5:12• 12for the things in secret done by them it is shameful even to speak of, (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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Stolen waters are sweet,{HR}And the bread of secrecy is pleasant.