Proverbs 7:17

A Story Of Seduction

¹⁶ “I have spread my couch with coverings,
With colored linens of Egypt.
¹⁷ “I have sprinkled my bed
With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
¹⁸ “Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with caresses.

Myrrh and Aloes

Psalm 45:8

All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia;
Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad.

Exodus 30:23

“Take also for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane two hundred and fifty,

Song of Songs 3:6

“What is this coming up from the wilderness
Like columns of smoke,
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all scented powders of the merchant?

Song of Songs 4:13-14

“Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates
With choice fruits, henna with nard plants,

Isaiah 57:7-9

“Upon a high and lofty mountain
You have made your bed.
You also went up there to offer sacrifice.