Proverbs 9:17

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“Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!”

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:17 : 17 Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
  • Prov 23:31-32 : 31 Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. 32 Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.
  • Prov 30:20 : 20 This is the way of an adulterous woman: she has eaten and wiped her mouth and has said,“I have not done wrong.”
  • Rom 7:8 : 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
  • Eph 5:12 : 12 For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention.
  • Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires. 15 Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.
  • Gen 3:6 : 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.
  • 2 Kgs 5:24-27 : 24 When he arrived at the hill, he took them from the servants and put them in the house. Then he sent the men on their way. 25 When he came and stood before his master, Elisha asked him,“Where have you been, Gehazi?” He answered,“Your servant hasn’t been anywhere.” 26 Elisha replied,“I was there in spirit when a man turned and got down from his chariot to meet you. This is not the proper time to accept silver or to accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, cattle, and male and female servants. 27 Therefore Naaman’s skin disease will afflict you and your descendants forever!” When Gehazi went out from his presence, his skin was as white as snow.
  • Prov 7:18-20 : 18 Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning, let’s delight ourselves with love’s pleasures. 19 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a journey of some distance. 20 He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:17
    78%

    17Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

  • Prov 9:18
    77%

    18But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

  • Prov 9:16
    76%

    16“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said,

  • Prov 9:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said,

    5“Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed.

  • Prov 27:7
    74%

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

  • Prov 6:30
    73%

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

  • Job 20:12
    72%

    12“If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

  • Prov 4:17
    72%

    17Indeed they have eaten bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

  • Prov 23:3
    72%

    3Do not crave that ruler’s delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

  • Prov 24:13
    72%

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

  • Prov 6:26
    72%

    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 23:6-8
    3 verses
    70%

    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.

  • Ps 119:103
    70%

    103Your words are sweeter in my mouth than honey!

  • Prov 25:16
    70%

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

  • Prov 30:20
    69%

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

  • Prov 5:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,

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

  • Ps 19:10
    69%

    10They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.

  • Prov 5:15
    69%

    15Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well.

  • Job 31:27
    69%

    27so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,

  • Prov 13:2
    69%

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

  • Prov 1:13
    69%

    13We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.

  • Prov 3:17
    68%

    17Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

  • Prov 2:10
    68%

    10For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.

  • Prov 16:24
    68%

    24Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

  • Prov 13:19
    68%

    19A desire fulfilled will be sweet to the soul, but fools abhor turning away from evil.

  • Prov 18:4
    68%

    4The words of a person’s mouth are like deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

  • Prov 5:19-20
    2 verses
    68%

    19a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always.

    20But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

  • Prov 1:11
    68%

    11If they say,“Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.

  • Prov 17:23
    67%

    23A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Job 34:3
    67%

    3For the ear assesses words as the mouth tastes food.

  • Prov 22:18
    67%

    18For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.

  • Job 24:19
    67%

    19The drought as well as the heat snatch up the melted snow; so the grave snatches up the sinner.

  • Prov 7:18
    67%

    18Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning, let’s delight ourselves with love’s pleasures.

  • Prov 1:19
    67%

    19Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

  • Eccl 11:1
    67%

    1Ignorance of the Future Demands Diligence in the Present Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.

  • Prov 21:17
    67%

    17The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

  • Prov 21:14
    67%

    14A gift given in secret subdues anger, and a bribe given secretly subdues strong wrath.

  • Prov 29:24
    67%

    24Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

  • Prov 19:8
    67%

    8The one who acquires understanding loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper.

  • Prov 17:1
    67%

    1Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

  • Prov 27:16
    67%

    16Whoever contains her has contained the wind or can grasp oil with his right hand.

  • Job 22:7
    67%

    7You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.

  • Obad 1:6
    67%

    6How the people of Esau will be thoroughly plundered! Their hidden valuables will be ransacked!

  • Prov 2:16
    67%

    16to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;