Proverbs 9:16 {17}
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Stolen waters are sweeter, and hidden bread is more pleasant.

Context
The Way of Folly
15He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said: 16Stolen waters are sweeter, and hidden bread is more pleasant.17And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.…
Cross References
Proverbs 6:32
He gathereth to himself shame and dishonour, and his reproach shall not be blotted out:

Proverbs 9:4
Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.

Proverbs 9:15
He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:

Lexicon
“Whoever
מִי־ (mî-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

[is] simple,
פֶ֭תִי (p̄e·ṯî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6612: Simple, perhaps open-minded

let him turn in
יָסֻ֣ר (yā·sur)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5493: To turn aside

here!”
הֵ֑נָּה (hên·nāh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 2008: Hither, thither

To him who lacks
וַחֲסַר־ (wa·ḥă·sar-)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2638: Needy, lacking, in want of

judgment
לֵ֝֗ב (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

she says:
וְאָ֣מְרָה (wə·’ā·mə·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say


Additional Translations
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” To him who lacks judgment she says:Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that wants understanding, she said to him,

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

saying, Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; and I exhort those that want prudence, saying,

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

Whoever is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

Who is simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart -- she said to him,
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