Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 9:17

17. Stolen waters are sweet , and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

By which he understandeth, either 1. Idolatry or other wickednesses, which in Solomon's time before his fall were publickly forbidden and punished, but privately practised. Or rather 2. Adultery.

Partly from the difficulty of obtaining them; partly from the art which men use in contriving such secret sins; and partly because the very prohibition renders it more grateful to corrupt Nature.

Marginal references: Ch. 2[illegible: 1+ letters]. 17.; Heb. of secrecies.