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Proverbs 20:17

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¶ Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Bread {H3899} of deceit {H8267} is sweet {H6156} to a man {H376}; but afterwards {H310} his mouth {H6310} shall be filled {H4390} with gravel {H2687}.

Food obtained by fraud may taste good, but later the mouth is full of gravel.

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.

Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 9:17 (6 votes)

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

  • Proverbs 9:18 (6 votes)

    But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.

  • Ecclesiastes 11:9 (6 votes)

    Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.

  • Hebrews 11:25 (3 votes)

    Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

  • Lamentations 3:15 (3 votes)

    He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

  • Lamentations 3:16 (3 votes)

    He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

  • Job 20:12 (3 votes)

    Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;