Proverbs 9:17

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Summary

Proverbs 9:17

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

Stolen

James 1:14

Eaten in secret

General references

Bible References

Stolen

Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with gravel.

See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.

And the woman seeth that the tree is good for food, and that it is pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make one wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;

Thou shalt not covet;' and the sin having received an opportunity, through the command, did work in me all covetousness -- for apart from law sin is dead.

and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed,

Eaten in secret

Come, we are filled with loves till the morning, We delight ourselves in loves.

So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, 'I have not done iniquity.'

and he cometh in unto the high place, and taketh out of their hand, and layeth up in the house, and sendeth away the men, and they go.

for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,

General references

'And anything on which she lieth in her separation is unclean, and anything on which she sitteth is unclean;

And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.

For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.

'Come, eat of my bread, And drink of the wine I have mingled.