Proverbs 20:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

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  • Prov 9:17-18 : 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he does not know that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes — but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
  • Lam 3:15-16 : 15 He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drunk with wormwood. 16 He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; He has covered me with ashes.
  • Heb 11:25 : 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,
  • 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 desirable to make one wise, she took of the fruit and ate, and gave also to her husband with her; and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
  • Job 20:12-20 : 12 Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue, 13 Though he spares it and does not forsake it, but keeps it still within his mouth, 14 Yet his food in his stomach is turned, it is the venom of asps within him. 15 He has 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 streams, the brooks of honey and butter. 18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to his wealth shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it. 19 Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house he did not build; 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save anything of what 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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    17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

  • Prov 23:3
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    3Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

  • Job 20:12-14
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    75%

    12Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue,

    13Though he spares it and does not forsake it, but keeps it still within his mouth,

    14Yet his food in his stomach is turned, it is the venom of asps within him.

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

    7The full soul loathes honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Prov 23:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

    6Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his delicacies:

    7For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: "Eat and drink," he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

    8The morsel which you have eaten, you shall vomit up, and lose your sweet words.

  • Prov 20:14-16
    3 verses
    72%

    14It is worthless, it is worthless, says the buyer; but when he has gone his way, then he boasts.

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

    16Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold it in pledge for a foreign woman.

  • Prov 18:20
    71%

    20A man's stomach will be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; he will be filled with the produce of his lips.

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

  • Prov 12:14
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    14A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a man's hands will be rendered to 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 with good advice make war.

  • Prov 25:16
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    16Have you found honey? Eat only as much as you need, lest you be filled with it and vomit.

  • Prov 20:25
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    25It is a snare for a man to devour what is holy, and afterward to reconsider his vows.

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

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

  • Prov 29:5
    70%

    5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

  • Prov 17:23
    69%

    23A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Obad 1:7
    69%

    7All the men of your confederacy have driven you to the border; the men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you; those who eat your bread have laid a trap under you. There is no understanding in him.

  • Ps 50:19
    69%

    19You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

  • Prov 21:6
    69%

    6The accumulation of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vanity to those who seek death.

  • Prov 30:20
    69%

    20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats and wipes her mouth and says, I have done no wrong.

  • Prov 26:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

    28A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Prov 28:21
    69%

    21To show partiality is not good; for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

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

  • Prov 12:20
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    20Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil, but to the counselors of peace there is joy.

  • Ps 36:3
    68%

    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

  • Prov 28:19
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    19He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Job 33:20
    68%

    20So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.

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

  • Prov 16:26
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    26He who labors, labors for himself, for his mouth craves it of him.

  • Prov 26:19
    68%

    19So is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not joking?

  • Prov 12:11
    68%

    11He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, but he who follows vain persons is void of understanding.

  • Ps 55:21
    67%

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

  • Ezek 4:17
    67%

    17That they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and waste away for their iniquity.

  • Prov 5:4
    67%

    4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

  • Mic 6:12
    67%

    12For the rich men there are full of violence, the inhabitants 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 his wealth shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it.

  • Eccl 6:7
    67%

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

  • Job 20:20
    67%

    20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save anything of what he desired.

  • Isa 44:20
    67%

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