Proverbs 9:17

"Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."

Proverbs 20:17

Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

Proverbs 23:31-32

Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

Proverbs 30:20

This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have done no wrong."

Genesis 3:6

So 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 one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.

2 Kings 5:24-27

And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and put them in the house, and he sent the men away, and they departed.

Proverbs 7:18-20

Come, let us take our fill of love till morning; let us delight ourselves with love.

Romans 7:8

But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead.

Ephesians 5:12

For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.

James 1:14-15

But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Stolen

Proverbs 20:17
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
Proverbs 23:31
Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
Genesis 3:6
So 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 one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
Romans 7:8
But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead.
James 1:14
But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

Eaten in secret

Proverbs 7:18
Come, let us take our fill of love till morning; let us delight ourselves with love.
Proverbs 30:20
This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have done no wrong."
2 Kings 5:24
And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and put them in the house, and he sent the men away, and they departed.
Ephesians 5:12
For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.

General references

Leviticus 15:20
And everything on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean. Everything also on which she sits shall be unclean.
Proverbs 1:18
but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 9:5
"Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.

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