Proverbs 20:17
The bread of falsehood [is] sweet to a man, || And afterward his mouth is filled [with] gravel.
Literal Standard 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
16When a stranger has been guarantor, take his garment, || And pledge it for strangers.
18You establish purposes by counsel, || And with plans you make war.
Cross References
Genesis 3:6And the woman sees that the tree [is] good for food, and that it [is] pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make [one] wise, and she takes from its fruit and eats, and also gives [some] to her husband with her, and he eats;
Job 20:14his food is turned in his bowels, the bitterness of cobras [is] in his heart.
Proverbs 9:17“Stolen waters are sweet, || And hidden bread is pleasant.”
Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitter things, || He has filled me [with] wormwood.
Hebrews 11:25having chosen rather to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have sin’s pleasure for a season,
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 →