Proverbs 20:17

American Standard Version (1901)

Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 9:17-18 : 17 Stolen waters are sweet, And bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
  • Lam 3:15-16 : 15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood. 16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.
  • Heb 11:25 : 25 choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
  • Gen 3:6-7 : 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
  • Job 20:12-20 : 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue, 13 Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth; 14 Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him. 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly. 16 He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him. 17 He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter. 18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice. 19 For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. 20 Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.
  • Prov 4:17 : 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 9:17
    78%

    17Stolen waters are sweet, And bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.

  • Prov 23:3
    75%

    3Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.

  • Job 20:12-14
    3 verses
    75%

    12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

    13Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

    14Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.

  • Prov 27:6-7
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    74%

    6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

    7The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Prov 23:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

    6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:

    7For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.

    8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.

  • Prov 20:14-16
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    72%

    14It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

    15There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

    16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners.

  • Prov 18:20
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    20A man's belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.

  • Prov 13:2
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    2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous [shall eat] violence.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; And the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

  • Prov 4:17
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    17For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

  • Prov 20:18
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    18Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war.

  • Prov 25:16
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    16Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

  • Prov 20:25
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    25It is a snare to a man rashly to say, [It is] holy, And after vows to make inquiry.

  • Prov 6:26
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    26For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

  • Prov 24:13
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    13My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:

  • Prov 29:5
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    5A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.

  • Obad 1:7
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    7All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee on thy way, even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; [they that eat] thy bread lay a snare under thee: there is no understanding in him.

  • Ps 50:19
    69%

    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • Prov 21:6
    69%

    6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

  • Prov 30:20
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    20So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.

  • Prov 26:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.

    28A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

  • Prov 28:21
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    21To have respect of persons is not good; Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.

  • Prov 28:19
    68%

    19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.

  • Prov 17:20
    68%

    20He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

  • Job 33:20
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    20So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.

  • Prov 6:30
    68%

    30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:

  • Prov 16:26
    68%

    26The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him [thereto] .

  • Prov 26:19
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    19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?

  • Prov 12:11
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    11He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] is void of understanding.

  • Ps 55:21
    67%

    21His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

  • Ezek 4:17
    67%

    17that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

  • Prov 5:4
    67%

    4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

  • Mic 6:12
    67%

    12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

  • Prov 25:19
    67%

    19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is [like] a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

  • Job 20:18
    67%

    18That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

  • Eccl 6:7
    67%

    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • Job 20:20
    67%

    20Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

  • Isa 44:20
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    20He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?