Proverbs 20:17
The bread of lies is sweet to a man. But afterwards, his mouth will be filled with pebbles.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
In Context
18Plans are strengthened by counsels. And wars are to be handled by governments.
Cross References
Genesis 3:6And so the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and beautiful to the eyes, and delightful to consider. And she took from its fruit, and she ate. And she gave to her husband, who ate.
Job 20:14His bread in his belly will be turned into the venom of snakes within him.
Proverbs 9:17“Stolen waters are more soothing, and secret bread is more pleasant.”
Lamentations 3:15HE. He has filled me with bitterness; he has inebriated me with wormwood.
Hebrews 11:25choosing to be afflicted with the people of God, rather than to have the pleasantness of sin for a time,
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 →