Proverbs 9:17

“Stolen water is sweet,
and bread eaten secretly is tasty!”

Proverbs 20:17

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man,
but afterward his mouth is full of gravel.

Proverbs 23:31-32

Don’t gaze at wine because it is red,
when it gleams 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’ve done nothing wrong.”

Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

2 Kings 5:24-27

When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from them and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they left.

Proverbs 7:18-20

Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning.
Let’s feast on each other’s love!

Romans 7:8

And sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind. For apart from the law sin is dead.

Ephesians 5:12

For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret.

James 1:14-15

But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.

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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

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man,
but afterward his mouth is full of gravel.

Don’t gaze at wine because it is red,
when it gleams in the cup
and goes down smoothly.

And sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind. For apart from the law sin is dead.

But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.

Eaten in secret

Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning.
Let’s feast on each other’s love!

This is the way of an adulteress:
she eats and wipes her mouth
and says, “I’ve done nothing wrong.”

When Gehazi came to the hill,

he took the gifts from them and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they left.

For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret.

General references

Anything she lies on during her menstruation will become unclean, and anything she sits on will become unclean.

but they set an ambush to kill themselves;
they attack their own lives.

They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.

“Come, eat my bread,
and drink the wine I have mixed.