Proverbs 20:17
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
In Context
18Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.
Cross References
Genesis 3:6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.
Job 20:14His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.
Proverbs 9:17Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.
Lamentations 3:15He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure.
Hebrews 11:25Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:17
16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. Two sorts of persons are here spoken of that are ruining their own estates, and will be beggars shortly, and therefore are not to be trusted with any good security:—1. Those that will be bound for any body that will ask them, that entangle themselves in rash suretiship to oblige their idle companions; they will break at last, nay, they cannot hold out long; these waste by wholesale. 2. Those that are in league with… Read the whole commentary →