Proverbs 7:17
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 7
“I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.”Proverbs 7:17
What Does Proverbs 7:17 Mean?
Proverbs 7:17 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 7, verse 17 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 12 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (12)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 7:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Esther 2:12“Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)”Psalms 45:8“All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.”Song of Solomon 4:14“Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:”Isaiah 3:24“And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.”Isaiah 57:7“Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.”Exodus 30:23“Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,”Song of Solomon 3:6“Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?”Song of Solomon 4:13“Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,”Isaiah 57:9“And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.”John 19:39“And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.”Revelation 18:13“And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.”Proverbs 27:9“Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.”
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