Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Deceit
General references
Bible References
Deceit
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Is sweet
Proverbs 9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread in secret is pleasant.
Genesis 3:6
And 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 wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate. And she also gave to her husband with her, and h
Job 20:12
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
Ecclesiastes 11:9
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 thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes. But know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgmen
Hebrews 11:25
having chosen rather to be mistreated with the people of God, than to have the pleasure of sin temporarily.
His
Lamentations 3:15
He has filled me with bitterness. He has sated me with wormwood.
General references
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.