Proverbs 20:17
The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
In Context
18Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.
Cross References
Genesis 3:6And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband who did eat.
Job 20:14His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him.
Proverbs 9:17Stolen waters are sweeter, and hid den bread is more pleasant.
Lamentations 3:15He. He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath inebriated me with wormwood.
Hebrews 11:25Rather choosing to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have the pleasure 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 →