Proverbs 20:17
The bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
In Context
16Take his garment who is surety for another; Yea, take a pledge of him who is bound for a stranger.
18Purposes are established by counsel; Therefore with good advice make war.
Cross References
Job 20:14Yet his meat shall be changed within him, And become to him the poison of asps.
Proverbs 9:17“Stolen water is sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
Lamentations 3:15He hath filled me with bitterness; he hath made me drunk with wormwood.
Hebrews 11:25choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin 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 →