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
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
Proverbs 23:31
Don't look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
Genesis 3:6
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 gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
Romans 7:8
But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
James 1:14
But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
Eaten in secret
Proverbs 7:18
Come, let's take our fill of loving until the morning. Let's solace ourselves with loving.
Proverbs 30:20
"So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
2 Kings 5:24
When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stored them in the house. Then he let the men go, and they departed.
Ephesians 5:12
For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.
General references
Leviticus 15:20
"'Everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be unclean. Everything also that she sits on shall be unclean.
Proverbs 1:18
but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk 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 some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!