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 eaten in secret is pleasant.
Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise; she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
Job 20:12
Though wickedness may be sweet in his mouth, though he may 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 thy eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Hebrews 11:25
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
His
Lamentations 3:15
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
General references
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.