Proverbs 9:17
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
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Cross references
- Proverbs 20:17 Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
- Proverbs 23:31–32 Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
- Proverbs 30:20 This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’