Proverbs 20:17
Food you get by cheating may taste sweet, but afterwards it will be like a mouthful of gravel.
Free Bible 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
18With sound advice, plans are successful; if you're going to war, make sure you have good guidance.
Cross References
Genesis 3:6Eve saw that the fruit of the tree appeared good to eat. It looked very attractive. She really wanted it so she could become wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it, and she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it too.
Job 20:14in their stomachs it turns bitter, becoming like snake venom inside them.
Proverbs 9:17“Stolen water is sweet, and food eaten in secret tastes good!”
Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitterness; he has filled me up with bitter wormwood.
Hebrews 11:25Instead he chose to share in the sufferings of God's people rather than to enjoy the temporary 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 →