Proverbs 9:17
Watris of thefte ben swettere, and breed hid is swettere.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
In Context
16Who is a litil man `of wit; bowe he to me. And sche spak to a coward,
Cross References
2 Kings 5:24And whanne thou schalt here the sown of cry goynge in the cop of `pere trees, thanne thou schalt biginne batel; for thanne the Lord schal go out befor thi face, that he smyte the castels of Filisteis.
Proverbs 7:20He took with hym a bagge of money; he schal turne ayen in to his hous in the dai of ful moone.
Proverbs 23:31Biholde thou not wyn, whanne it sparclith, whanne the colour therof schyneth in a ver.
Romans 7:8And thoruy occasioun takun, synne bi the maundement hath wrouyt in me al coueytise; for withouten the lawe, synne was deed.
James 1:14But ech man is temptid, drawun and stirid of his owne coueiting.