Proverbs 20:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 9:17-18 : 17 “Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!” 18 But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Enjoy Life to the Fullest under the Fear of God Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.
  • Lam 3:15-16 : 15 He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness. 16 ו(Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust.
  • Heb 11:25 : 25 choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure.
  • Gen 3:6-7 : 6 When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
  • Job 20:12-20 : 12 “If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue, 13 if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth, 14 his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him. 15 The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach. 16 He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him. 17 He will not look on the streams, the rivers, which are the torrents of honey and butter. 18 He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce. 19 For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build. 20 For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape.
  • Prov 4:17 : 17 Indeed they have eaten bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

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  • Prov 9:17
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    17“Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!”

  • Prov 23:3
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    3Do not crave that ruler’s delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

  • Job 20:12-14
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    12“If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

    13if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,

    14his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him.

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

    7The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Prov 23:6-8
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    6Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;

    7for he is like someone who has calculated the cost in his mind.“Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;

    8you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.

  • Prov 20:14-16
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    14“It’s worthless! It’s worthless!” says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.

    15There is gold, and an abundance of rubies, but words of knowledge are like a precious jewel.

    16Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of strangers.

  • Prov 18:20
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    20From the fruit of a person’s mouth his stomach will be satisfied, with the product of his lips he will be satisfied.

  • Prov 13:2
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    2From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the treacherous desire the fruit of violence.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.

  • Prov 4:17
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    17Indeed they have eaten bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

  • Prov 20:18
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    18Plans are established by counsel, so make war with guidance.

  • Prov 25:16
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    16You have found honey–eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.

  • Prov 20:25
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    25It is a snare for a person to rashly cry,“Holy!” and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.

  • Prov 6:26
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    26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

  • Prov 24:13
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    13Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

  • Prov 29:5
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    5The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Obad 1:7
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    7All your allies will force you from your homeland! Your treaty partners will deceive you and overpower you. Your trusted friends will set an ambush for you that will take you by surprise!

  • Ps 50:19
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    19You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

  • Prov 21:6
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    6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

  • Prov 30:20
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    20This is the way of an adulterous woman: she has eaten and wiped her mouth and has said,“I have not done wrong.”

  • Prov 26:27-28
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    27The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone– it will come back on him.

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

  • Prov 28:21
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    21To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

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    19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Job 33:20
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    20so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare.

  • Prov 6:30
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    30People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry.

  • Prov 16:26
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    26A laborer’s appetite has labored for him, for his hunger has pressed him to work.

  • Prov 26:19
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    19so is a person who has deceived his neighbor, and said,“Was I not only joking?”

  • Prov 12:11
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    11The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.

  • Ps 55:21
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    21His words are as smooth as butter, but he harbors animosity in his heart. His words seem softer than oil, but they are really like sharp swords.

  • Ezek 4:17
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    17because they will lack bread and water. Each one will be terrified, and they will rot for their iniquity.

  • Prov 5:4
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    4but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

  • Mic 6:12
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    12The city’s wealthy people readily resort to violence; her inhabitants tell lies, their tongues speak deceptive words.

  • Prov 25:19
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    19Like a bad tooth or a foot out of joint, so is confidence in an unfaithful person at the time of trouble.

  • Job 20:18
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    18He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.

  • Eccl 6:7
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    7All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach– yet his appetite is never satisfied!

  • Job 20:20
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    20For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape.

  • Isa 44:20
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    20He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say,‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’