Proverbs 20:17
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.
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- Prov 9:17-18 : 17 Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing. 18 But he does not see that the dead are there, that her guests are in the deep places of the underworld.
- Eccl 11:9 : 9 Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.
- Lam 3:15-16 : 15 He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure. 16 By him my teeth have been broken with crushed stones, and I am bent low in the dust.
- Heb 11:25 : 25 Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin;
- Gen 3:6-7 : 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband. 7 And their eyes were open and they were conscious that they had no clothing and they made themselves coats of leaves stitched together.
- Job 20:12-20 : 12 Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue; 13 Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth; 14 His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him. 15 He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God. 16 He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death. 17 Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk. 18 He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading. 19 Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up; 20 There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.
- Prov 4:17 : 17 The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.
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17Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.
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3Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.
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12Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;
13Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;
14His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.
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6The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.
7The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.
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6Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:
7For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.
8The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.
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14A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.
15There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.
16Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
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20With the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach will be full; the produce of his lips will be his in full measure.
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2A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.
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14From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.
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17The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.
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18Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.
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16If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.
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25It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.
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26For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
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13My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:
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5A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.
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23A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.
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7All the men who were united with you have been false to you, driving you out to the edge of the land: the men who were at peace with you have overcome you; they have taken their heritage in your place.
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19You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.
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6He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
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20This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.
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27He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.
28A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.
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21It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.
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7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.
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20Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.
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3In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.
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19By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.
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20Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.
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20He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;
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30Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:
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26The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.
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19So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?
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11He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.
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21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.
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17So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.
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4But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;
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12For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.
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19Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot.
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18He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.
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7All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.
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20There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.
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20As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.