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

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

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.

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

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

Eaten in secret

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

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

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.

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

General references

And everything on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean. Everything also on which she sits shall be unclean.

but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

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