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

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.

Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.

But sin, taking its chance through that which was ordered by the law, was working in me every form of desire: because without the law sin is dead.

But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.

Eaten in secret

Come, let us take our pleasure in love till the morning, having joy in love's delights.

This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.

When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and put them away in the house; and he sent the men away, and they went.

For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words.

General references

And everything on which she has been resting, while she is kept separate, will be unclean, and everything on which she has been seated will be unclean.

And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.

The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

Come, take of my bread, and of my wine which is mixed.