Proverbs 9:17

World English Bible (2000)

"Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:17 : 17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
  • Prov 23:31-32 : 31 Don't look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. 32 In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
  • Prov 30:20 : 20 "So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
  • Rom 7:8 : 8 But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
  • Eph 5:12 : 12 For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.
  • Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
  • 2 Kgs 5:24-27 : 24 When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stored them in the house. Then he let the men go, and they departed. 25 But he went in, and stood before his master. Elisha said to him, "Where did you come from, Gehazi?" He said, "Your servant went nowhere." 26 He said to him, "Didn't my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants? 27 Therefore the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your seed forever." He went out from his presence a leper, as white as snow.
  • Prov 7:18-20 : 18 Come, let's take our fill of loving until the morning. Let's solace ourselves with loving. 19 For my husband isn't at home. He has gone on a long journey. 20 He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:17
    78%

    17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

  • Prov 9:18
    77%

    18 But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

  • Prov 9:16
    76%

    16 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

  • Prov 9:4-5
    2 verses
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    4 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

    5 "Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!

  • Prov 27:7
    74%

    7 A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Prov 6:30
    73%

    30 Men don't despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:

  • Job 20:12
    72%

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

  • Prov 4:17
    72%

    17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

  • Prov 23:3
    72%

    3 Don't be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

  • Prov 24:13
    72%

    13 My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:

  • Prov 6:26
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    26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

  • Prov 23:6-8
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    70%

    6 Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:

    7 for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

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

  • Ps 119:103
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    103 How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

  • Prov 25:16
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    16 Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

  • Prov 30:20
    69%

    20 "So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

  • Prov 5:3-4
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    69%

    3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

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

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

  • Prov 5:15
    69%

    15 Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.

  • Job 31:27
    69%

    27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

  • Prov 13:2
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    2 By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

  • Prov 1:13
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    13 We'll find all valuable wealth. We'll fill our houses with spoil.

  • Prov 3:17
    68%

    17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

  • Prov 2:10
    68%

    10 For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

  • Prov 16:24
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    24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

  • Prov 13:19
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    19 Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.

  • Prov 18:4
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    4 The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

  • Prov 5:19-20
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    19 A loving doe and a graceful deer-- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.

    20 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

  • Prov 1:11
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    11 If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

  • Prov 17:23
    67%

    23 A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Job 34:3
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    3 For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

  • Job 24:19
    67%

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

  • Prov 7:18
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    18 Come, let's take our fill of loving until the morning. Let's solace ourselves with loving.

  • Prov 1:19
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    19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

  • Eccl 11:1
    67%

    1 Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

  • Prov 21:17
    67%

    17 He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

  • Prov 21:14
    67%

    14 A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

  • Prov 29:24
    67%

    24 Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify.

  • Prov 19:8
    67%

    8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 17:1
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    1 Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

  • Prov 27:16
    67%

    16 restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.

  • Job 22:7
    67%

    7 You haven't given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

  • Obad 1:6
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    6 How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!

  • Prov 2:16
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    16 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;