Proverbs 9:17

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

Cross References (9)

  • Proverbs 20:17 (12)

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

  • Proverbs 23:31–32 (7)

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

  • James 1:14–15 (4)

    But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.

  • Proverbs 30:20 (4)

    This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

  • Genesis 3:6 (3)

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

  • 2 Kings 5:24–27 (3)

    When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from the servants and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the me

  • Romans 7:8 (3)

    But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from t

  • Ephesians 5:12 (3)

    For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

  • Proverbs 7:18–20 (3)

    Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!