Proverbs 9:17

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:17 : 17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
  • Prov 23:31-32 : 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
  • Prov 30:20 : 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
  • Rom 7:8 : 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
  • Eph 5:12 : 12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
  • Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
  • 2 Kgs 5:24-27 : 24 And when he came to the tower, he took 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 stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. 26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? 27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
  • Prov 7:18-20 : 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. 19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: 20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:17
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    17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

  • Prov 9:18
    77%

    18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

  • Prov 9:16
    76%

    16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

  • Prov 9:4-5
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    4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

    5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

  • Prov 27:7
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    7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Prov 6:30
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    30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

  • Job 20:12
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    12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

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

  • Prov 23:3
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    3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

  • Prov 24:13
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    13My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

  • Prov 6:26
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    26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

  • Prov 23:6-8
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    70%

    6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

    7For as he thinketh in his heart, 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.

  • Ps 119:103
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    103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

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

  • Prov 5:3-4
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    3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

    4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

  • Ps 19:10
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    10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

  • Prov 5:15
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    15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

  • Job 31:27
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    27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

  • Prov 13:2
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    2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

  • Prov 1:13
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    13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

  • Prov 3:17
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    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

  • Prov 2:10
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    10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

  • Prov 16:24
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    24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

  • Prov 13:19
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    19The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.

  • Prov 18:4
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    4The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

  • Prov 5:19-20
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    19Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

    20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

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    11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

  • Job 34:3
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    3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

  • Job 24:19
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    19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

  • Prov 7:18
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    18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

  • Prov 1:19
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    19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

  • Eccl 11:1
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    1Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

  • Prov 21:17
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    17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

  • Prov 21:14
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    14A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

  • Prov 29:24
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    24Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 17:1
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    1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

  • Prov 27:16
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    16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

  • Job 22:7
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    7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

  • Obad 1:6
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    6How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!

  • Prov 2:16
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    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;