Proverbs 9:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 20:17 : 17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
  • Prov 23:31-32 : 31 Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it swirls smoothly. 32 At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper.
  • Prov 30:20 : 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats and wipes her mouth and says, I have done no wrong.
  • Rom 7:8 : 8 But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, worked in me all kinds of covetousness. For without the law, sin was dead.
  • Eph 5:12 : 12 For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.
  • Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed. 15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin: and sin, when it is full-grown, brings 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 desirable to make one wise, she took of the fruit and ate, and gave also to her husband with her; and he ate.
  • 2 Kgs 5:24-27 : 24 And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and stored 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 to him, Where have you been, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere. 26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive clothing, olive groves, and vineyards, sheep, oxen, male servants, and female servants? 27 Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you, and to your descendants forever. 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 delight ourselves with love. 19 For the man is not at home; he has gone on a long journey; 20 He has taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the appointed day.

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    17Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

  • Prov 9:18
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    18But he does not know that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

  • Prov 9:16
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    16Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,

  • Prov 9:4-5
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    4Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,

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

  • Prov 27:7
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    7The full soul loathes 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 steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry;

  • Job 20:12
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    12Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides 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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    3Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

  • 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 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 23:6-8
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    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.

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

  • Prov 30:20
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    20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats and wipes her mouth and says, I have done no wrong.

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

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

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

  • Prov 5:15
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    15Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.

  • Job 31:27
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    27And my heart was secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand:

  • 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 1:13
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    13We shall find all kinds of precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder;

  • 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 enters your heart and knowledge is pleasant to your soul;

  • Prov 16:24
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    24Pleasant words are like a 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 an 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 deer and graceful doe; let her breasts satisfy you at all times; and be ravished always with her love.

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    19Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does the grave those who have sinned.

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    18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us delight ourselves with love.

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    19So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.

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    1Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.

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    17He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

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    6How Esau's things are searched out! How his hidden treasures are sought after!

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    16To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her words;