Proverbs 20:17

Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet, 1 but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel. 1

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Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

In Context

16Take a garment of one who has put up security for a stranger, 1 and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an immoral woman. 1

18Plans are established by advice 1 and only with wise guidance should you wage war. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. Then she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Job 20:14the food in his intestines turns bitter; 1 it becomes the poison of asps inside him. 1

Proverbs 9:17“Stolen waters are sweet, 1 and bread of secrecy is delicious.” 1

Lamentations 3:15He filled me with bitterness and forced me to drink wormwood. 1

Hebrews 11:25Instead, he chose to suffer with the people of God, rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a while.

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 →

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