Verse 17

Stolen waters are sweete, & the bread that is priuily eaten, hath a good taste.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 20:17 : 17 A man liketh the bread that is gotten with deceipt: but at the last his mouth shalbe filled with grauell.
• Prov 23:31-32 : 31 Looke not thou vpon the wine howe red it is, and what a colour it geueth in the glasse: 32 It goeth downe sweetely, but at the last it byteth like a serpent, and stingeth lyke an adder.
• Prov 30:20 : 20 Such is the way also of a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth her mouth lyke as when she hath eaten, and sayth, as for me I haue done no wickednesse.
• Rom 7:8 : 8 But sinne, takyng occasion by the commaundement, wrought in me all maner of concupiscence. For without the lawe, sinne was dead.
• Eph 5:12 : 12 For it is shame euen to name those thynges whiche are done of them in secrete.
• Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But euery man is tempted, when he is drawen away, & entised of his owne concupiscence. 15 Then, when lust hath conceaued, it bryngeth foorth sinne: and sinne when it is finished, bryngeth foorth death.
• Gen 3:6 : 6 And so the woman, seing that the same tree was good to eate of, and pleasaunt to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, toke of the fruite therof, and dyd eate, and gaue also vnto her husbande beyng with her, and he dyd eate.
• 2 Kgs 5:24-27 : 24 And when he came to the lower place, he toke them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house, and he let the men go, and they departed. 25 But he went in and stoode before his maister: And Elisa said vnto him, whece commest thou Gehezi? He saide: Thy seruaunt went no whyther. 26 But he saide vnto him: went not myne heart with thee when the man turned againe from his charet to meete thee? Is it now a tyme to receaue money, to receaue garmentes, olyue trees, vnieyardes, sheepe, and oxen, men seruauntes, and mayde seruauntes. 27 The leprosie therefore of Naaman shal cleaue vnto thee, and vnto thy seede for euer. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snowe.
• Prov 7:18-20 : 18 Come let vs take our fill of loue vntyll the morning, and let vs solace our selues with the pleasures of loue. 19 For the good man is not at home, he is gone farre of. 20 He hath taken the bagge of money with hym, and wyll returne at the appointed solempne feast.