Proverbs 20:17

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Bread of deceit 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; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
  • 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 thine 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 made me drunken 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 suffer affliction 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 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. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves tother, 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 forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: 14 Yet his meat 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 shall 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 see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. 18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. 19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
  • 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
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    17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

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

  • Job 20:12-14
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    12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

    13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

    14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

  • Prov 27:6-7
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    6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

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

  • Prov 23:6-8
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    74%

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

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

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

  • Prov 20:14-16
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    72%

    14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

    15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a ecious jewel.

    16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 20:18
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    18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

  • Prov 25:16
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    16 Hast 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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    25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.

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

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

  • Prov 29:5
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    5 A man that flattereth his neighbour seadeth a net for his feet.

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

  • Obad 1:7
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    7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.

  • Ps 50:19
    69%

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

  • Prov 21:6
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    6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

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

  • Prov 26:27-28
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    27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

    28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

  • Prov 28:21
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    21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellers of peace is joy.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

  • Prov 28:19
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    19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

  • Job 33:20
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    20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

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

  • Prov 16:26
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    26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

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

  • Prov 12:11
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    11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

  • Ps 55:21
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    21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

  • Ezek 4:17
    67%

    17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

  • Prov 5:4
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    4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

  • Mic 6:12
    67%

    12 For 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%

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

  • Job 20:18
    67%

    18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

  • Eccl 6:7
    67%

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

  • Job 20:20
    67%

    20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

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