Proverbs 20:17

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.

Cross References (7)

  • Ecclesiastes 11:9 (7)

    Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of you

  • Proverbs 9:17–18 (6)

    “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

  • Lamentations 3:15–16 (4)

    He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.

  • Job 20:12–20 (4)

    Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,

  • Hebrews 11:25 (3)

    He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.

  • Proverbs 4:17 (2)

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

  • Genesis 3:6–7 (2)

    When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wis