Proverbs 20:17

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Euery ma liketh the bred that is gotten with disceate, but at the last is mouth shalbe fylled with grauell.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 9:17-18 : 17 stollen waters are swete, & the bred that is preuely eaten, hath a good taist. 18 But they cosider not that death is there, and that hir gestes go downe to hell.
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Be glad then (O thou yonge man) in thy youth, and lat thine hert be mery in thy yonge dayes: folowe the wayes of thine owne hert, and the lust of thine eyes: but be thou sure, that God shal bringe the in to iudgment for all these thinges.
  • Lam 3:15-16 : 15 He hath fylled me with bytternesse, & geuen me wormwod to drynke. 16 He hath smytten my teth in peces, & rolled me in the dust.
  • Heb 11:25 : 25 and chose rather to suffre aduersite with the people of God, then to enioye ye pleasures of synne for a season:
  • Gen 3:6-7 : 6 And the woman sawe that ye tre was good to eate of, and lustye vnto the eyes, and a pleasaunt tre to make wyse, and toke of the frute of it, and ate, and gaue vnto hir husbande also therof, and he ate. 7 Then were the eyes of them both opened, and they perceaued that they were naked, and sowed fygge leaues together, and made them apurns.
  • Job 20:12-20 : 12 Whe wickednesse is swete in his mouth, he hydeth it vnder his tonge. 13 That he fauoureth, that wyll he not forsake, but kepeth it close in his throte. 14 The meate that he eateth, shalbe turned to the poyson of serpetes within his body. 15 The riches yt he deuoureth, shall he perbreake agayne, for God shal drawe them out of his bely. 16 The serpentes heade shall sucke him, and the adders tonge shall slaye him: 17 so that he shal nomore se the ryuers and brokes of hony and butter: 18 But laboure shal he, & yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate trauayle shal he make for riches, but he shal not enioye them. 19 And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not buylded them. 20 His bely coude neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perish in his couetousnesse.
  • Prov 4:17 : 17 For they eate the bred of wickednesse, and drike the wyne of robbery.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 9:17
    78%

    17stollen waters are swete, & the bred that is preuely eaten, hath a good taist.

  • Prov 23:3
    75%

    3and yf thou wilt rule thine owne self, be not ouer gredy of his meate, for meate begyleth and disceaueth.

  • Job 20:12-14
    3 verses
    75%

    12Whe wickednesse is swete in his mouth, he hydeth it vnder his tonge.

    13That he fauoureth, that wyll he not forsake, but kepeth it close in his throte.

    14The meate that he eateth, shalbe turned to the poyson of serpetes within his body.

  • Prov 27:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6Faithfull are the woundes of a louer, but ye kysses of an enemie are disceatfull.

    7He that is full, abhorreth an hony combe: but vnto him that is hogrie, euery sower thinge is swete.

  • Prov 23:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

    6Eate not thou wt ye envyous, and desyre no his meate,

    7for he hath a maruelous herte. He sayeth vnto ye: eate and drynke, where as his herte is not wt ye.

    8Yee ye morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou perbreake, and lese those swete wordes.

  • Prov 20:14-16
    3 verses
    72%

    14It is naught, It is naught (saye men) whan they haue it, but whan it is gone, they geue it a good worde.

    15A mouth of vnderstodinge is more worth then golde, many precious stones, and costly Iewels.

    16Take his garment that is suertie for a straunger, & take a pledge of him for ye vnknowne mans sake.

  • Prov 18:20
    71%

    20A mans bely shalbe satisfied with the frute of his owne mouth, and with the increase of his lippes shal he be fylled.

  • Prov 13:2
    71%

    2A good ma shal enioye the frute of his mouth, but he that hath a frowarde mynde, shalbe spoyled.

  • Prov 12:14
    70%

    14Euery man shal enioye good acordinge to the innocency of his mouth, and after the workes of his hades shal he be rewarded.

  • Prov 4:17
    70%

    17For they eate the bred of wickednesse, and drike the wyne of robbery.

  • Prov 20:18
    70%

    18Thorow councell the thinges that men deuyse go forwarde: & with discrecion ought warres to be taken in honde.

  • Prov 25:16
    70%

    16Yf thou findest hony, eate so moch as is sufficiet for ye: lest thou be ouer full, & perbreake it out againe.

  • Prov 20:25
    70%

    25It is a snare for a man to blaspheme that which is holy, & then to go aboute wt vowes.

  • Prov 6:26
    70%

    26An harlot wil make a ma to begg his bred, but a maried woman wil hunt for ye precious life.

  • Prov 24:13
    70%

    13My sonne, thou eatest hony & ye swete hony cobe, because it is good & swete in thy mouth.

  • Prov 29:5
    70%

    5Who so flatreth his neghbor, layeth a nette for his fete.

  • Prov 17:23
    69%

    23The vngodly taketh giftes out of the bosome, to wraist the wayes of iudgment.

  • Obad 1:7
    69%

    7Yee the men that were sworne vnto the, shal dryue the out off the borders off thyne owne londe. They that be now at one with the, shal disceaue the, and ouercome ye: Eue they that eate thy bred, shall betraye the, or euer thou perceaue it.

  • Ps 50:19
    69%

    19Thou lettest yi mouth speake wickednesse, & thy tonge paynteth disceate.

  • Prov 21:6
    69%

    6Who so hoordeth vp riches wt ye disceatfulnes of his tonge, he is a foole, & like vnto them that seke their owne death.

  • Prov 30:20
    69%

    20Soch is the waye also of a wyfe yt breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth hir mouth like as wha she hath eate, & sayeth: As for me, I haue done no harme.

  • Prov 26:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27Who so dyggeth vp a pytt, shal fal therin: and he yt weltreth a stone, shal stomble vpon it hymselfe.

    28A dyssemblynge tonge hateth one that rebuketh him, and a flaterige mouth worketh myschefe.

  • Prov 28:21
    69%

    21To haue respecte of personnes in iudgment is not good: And why? he will do wronge, yee euen for a pece of bred.

  • Ps 10:7
    69%

    7He sytteth lurkynge in the gardens, that he maye pryuely murthur the innocent, his eyes are set vpo the poore.

  • Prov 12:20
    69%

    20They that ymagin euell in their mynde, wil disceaue: but the councelers of peace shal heaue ioye folowinge the.

  • Ps 36:3
    68%

    3The wordes of his mouth are vnrightuousnesse and disceate, he wil not be lerned to do good.

  • Prov 28:19
    68%

    19He yt tylleth his londe, shal haue plenteousnesse of bred: but he that foloweth ydilnesse, shal haue pouerte ynough.

  • Prov 17:20
    68%

    20Who so hath a frowarde herte, opteyneth no good: and he yt hath an ouerthwarte tonge, shal fall into myschefe.

  • Job 33:20
    68%

    20so that his life maye awaye wt no bred, & his soule abhorreth to eate eny dayntie meate:

  • Prov 6:30
    68%

    30Men do not vtterly despyse a thefe, that stealeth to satisfie his soule, when he is hongerie:

  • Prov 16:26
    68%

    26A troublous soule disquyeteth hir selfe, for hir owne mouth hath brought her therto.

  • Prov 26:19
    68%

    19And then sayeth he: I dyd it but in sporte.

  • Prov 12:11
    68%

    11He that tilleth his lode, shal haue plenteousnesse of bred: but he yt foloweth ydylnes, is a very foole.

  • Ps 55:21
    67%

    21O cast thy burthen (or care) vpon the LORDE, he shal norish the, and not leaue the rightuous in vnquietnesse.

  • Ezek 4:17
    67%

    17And when they haue nomore bred ner water, one shal be destroyed with another, and famish awaye for their wickednesse.

  • Prov 5:4
    67%

    4But at ye last she is as bitter as wormwod, and as sharpe as a two edged swerde.

  • Mic 6:12
    67%

    12amonge those that be full off riches vnrightuously gotten: where the citesyns deale with falsede, speake lyes, and haue disceatfull tunges in their mouthes?

  • Prov 25:19
    67%

    19The hope of the vngodly in tyme of nede, is like a rotten toth and a slippery foote.

  • Job 20:18
    67%

    18But laboure shal he, & yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate trauayle shal he make for riches, but he shal not enioye them.

  • Eccl 6:7
    67%

    7All the laboure that a man taketh, is for himself, and yet his desyre is neuer fylled after his mynde.

  • Job 20:20
    67%

    20His bely coude neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perish in his couetousnesse.

  • Isa 44:20
    67%

    20The kepinge of dust, and folishnesse of herte hath turned them a syde: so that none of them can haue a fre conscience to thinke: maye not I erre?