Verse 17

Bread{H3899} of falsehood{H8267} is sweet{H6156} to a man;{H376} But afterwards{H310} his mouth{H6310} shall be filled{H4390} with gravel.{H2687}

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 9:17-18 : 17 Stolen{H1589} waters{H4325} are sweet,{H4985} And bread{H3899} [eaten] in secret{H5643} is pleasant.{H5276} 18 But he knoweth{H3045} not that the dead{H7496} are there; That her guests{H7121} are in the depths{H6012} of Sheol.{H7585}
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice,{H8055} O young man,{H970} in thy youth,{H3208} and let thy heart{H3820} cheer{H2895} thee in the days{H3117} of thy youth,{H979} and walk{H1980} in the ways{H1870} of thy heart,{H3820} and in the sight{H4758} of thine eyes;{H5869} but know{H3045} thou, that for all these things God{H430} will bring{H935} thee into judgment.{H4941}
  • Lam 3:15-16 : 15 He hath filled{H7646} me with bitterness,{H4844} he hath sated{H7301} me with wormwood.{H3939} 16 He hath also broken{H1638} my teeth{H8127} with gravel stones;{H2687} he hath covered{H3728} me with ashes.{H665}
  • Heb 11:25 : 25 choosing{G138} rather{G3123} to share ill treatment with{G4778} the people{G2992} of God,{G2316} than{G2228} to enjoy{G2192} the pleasures{G619} of sin{G266} for a season;{G4340}
  • Gen 3:6-7 : 6 And when the woman{H802} saw{H7200} that the tree{H6086} was good{H2896} for food,{H3978} and that it{H1931} was a delight{H8378} to the eyes,{H5869} and that the tree{H6086} was to be desired{H2530} to make one wise,{H7919} she took{H3947} of the fruit thereof,{H6529} and did eat;{H398} and she gave{H5414} also{H1571} unto her husband{H376} with her, and he did eat.{H398} 7 And the eyes{H5869} of them both{H8147} were opened,{H6491} and they{H1992} knew{H3045} that they were naked;{H5903} and they sewed{H8609} fig{H8384} -leaves{H5929} together,{H8609} and made themselves{H6213} aprons.{H2290}
  • Job 20:12-20 : 12 Though wickedness{H7451} be sweet{H4985} in his mouth,{H6310} Though he hide{H3582} it under his tongue,{H3956} 13 Though he spare{H2550} it, and will not let it go,{H5800} But keep it still{H4513} within{H8432} his mouth;{H2441} 14 Yet his food{H3899} in his bowels{H4578} is turned,{H2015} It is the gall{H4846} of asps{H6620} within{H7130} him. 15 He hath swallowed down{H1104} riches,{H2428} and he shall vomit them up again;{H6958} God{H410} will cast them out{H3423} of his belly.{H990} 16 He shall suck{H3243} the poison{H7219} of asps:{H6620} The viper's{H660} tongue{H3956} shall slay{H2026} him. 17 He shall not look{H7200} upon the rivers,{H6390} The flowing{H5104} streams{H6390} of honey{H1706} and butter.{H2529} 18 That which he labored{H3022} for shall he restore,{H7725} and shall not swallow it down;{H1104} According to the substance{H2428} that he hath gotten,{H8545} he shall not rejoice.{H5965} 19 For he hath oppressed{H7533} and forsaken{H5800} the poor;{H1800} He hath violently taken away{H1497} a house,{H1004} and he shall not build{H1129} it up. 20 Because he knew{H3045} no quietness{H7961} within him,{H990} He shall not save{H4422} aught of that wherein he delighteth.{H2530}
  • Prov 4:17 : 17 For they eat{H3898} the bread{H3899} of wickedness,{H7562} And drink{H8354} the wine{H3196} of violence.{H2555}