Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Eaten in secret
General references
Bible References
Stolen
Proverbs 20:17
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Proverbs 23:31
Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it gives its color in the cup, when it goes down smoothly
Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasing to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make wise, she took of its fruit, and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Romans 7:8
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, worked in me all kinds of lust. For apart from law sin was dead.
James 1:14
But each one is tempted by his lusts, being drawn away and seduced by them.
Eaten in secret
Proverbs 7:18
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us delight ourselves with caresses.
Proverbs 30:20
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no evil.
2 Kings 5:24
And he came to the hill, and he took from their hand and stowed them in the house. And he let the men go, and they departed.
Ephesians 5:12
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.
General references
Leviticus 15:20
And everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be unclean. Everything also that she sits on shall be unclean.
Proverbs 1:18
And they lie in wait for their own blood; they watch secretly 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.