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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 deceit 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 thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
 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 when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. (Gen. 3:6)
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Rom. 7:8• 8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. (Rom. 7:8)
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James 1:14‑15• 14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
 15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. (James 1:14‑15)
eaten in secret.
Heb. of secrecies.
Prov. 7:18‑20• 18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
 19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
 20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. (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 tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
 25But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
 26And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, 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 menservants, and maidservants?
 27The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow. (2 Kings 5:24‑27)
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Eph. 5:12• 12For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. (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.