Proverbs 20:17
Lechem from sheker (deceit) is sweet to an ish, 1 but afterwards his peh (mouth) shall be filled with gravel. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
18Every plan is established by etzah, 1 and with tachbulot (guidance) wage milchamah. 1
Cross References
Genesis 3:6And when the isha saw that HaEtz was tov for food, and that it was delight to the eyes, and HaEtz to be coveted to make one have seichel, she took of the p'ri thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her ish with her; and he did eat.
Job 20:14Yet his lechem in his stomach is turned sour; 1 it is the venom of vipers within him. 1
Proverbs 9:17Stolen waters are sweet, 1 and lechem eaten in secret is pleasant. 1
Lamentations 3:15He hath filled me with merorim (bitter herbs); 1 He hath made me drunk with suffering. 1
Hebrews 11:25Choosing rather to endure redifah (persecution) with the Am Hashem than to enjoy the ephemeral ta'anugot (pleasures) of averos 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 →