Proverbs 9:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!””
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BSBPD
““Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Stolen waters are sweet, And breadeatenin secret is pleasant.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“`Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 9:17 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
- 2 Kings 5:24When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from the servants and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they departed.
- Proverbs 7:18Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
- Proverbs 7:20He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
- Proverbs 20:17Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
- Proverbs 23:31Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
- Proverbs 30:20This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
- Romans 7:8But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
- Ephesians 5:12For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
- James 1:14But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
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