Proverbs 20:17
עָרֵב לָאִישׁ לֶחֶם שָׁקֶר וְאַחַר יִמָּֽלֵא ־ פִיהוּ חָצָֽץ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
In Context
16לְֽקַח ־ בִּגְדוֹ כִּי ־ עָרַב זָר וּבְעַד נכרים חַבְלֵֽהוּ ׃
18מַחֲשָׁבוֹת בְּעֵצָה תִכּוֹן וּבְתַחְבֻּלוֹת עֲשֵׂה מִלְחָמָֽה ׃
Cross References
Genesis 3:6וַתֵּרֶא הָֽאִשָּׁה כִּי טוֹב הָעֵץ לְמַאֲכָל וְכִי תַֽאֲוָה ־ הוּא לָעֵינַיִם וְנֶחְמָד הָעֵץ לְהַשְׂכִּיל וַתִּקַּח מִפִּרְיוֹ וַתֹּאכַל וַתִּתֵּן גַּם ־ לְאִישָׁהּ עִמָּהּ וַיֹּאכַֽל ׃
Job 20:14לַחְמוֹ בְּמֵעָיו נֶהְפָּךְ מְרוֹרַת פְּתָנִים בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ ׃
Proverbs 9:17מַֽיִם ־ גְּנוּבִים יִמְתָּקוּ וְלֶחֶם סְתָרִים יִנְעָֽם ׃
Lamentations 3:15הִשְׂבִּיעַנִי בַמְּרוֹרִים הִרְוַנִי לַעֲנָֽה ׃ ס
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 →