Proverbs 9:17
“Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”
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Cross references
- Proverbs 20:17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
- Proverbs 23:31–32 Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
- Proverbs 30:20 “So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’