Proverbs 20:17
Sweet to a man, may be the bread of falsehood, but, afterward, shall his mouth be filled with gravel.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 pledge for a stranger,—then, for a woman unknown, accept him as surety.
18Plans—by counsel, shalt thou establish, and, with concerted measures, make thou war.
Cross References
Genesis 3:6And, when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was desirable to the eyes and the tree was pleasant to make one knowing, then took she of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and she gave to her husband also, along with her, and he did eat.
Job 20:14His food, in his stomach, is changed, the gall of adders, within him!
Proverbs 9:17Stolen waters, will be sweet,—and a secret meal, will be pleasant;
Lamentations 3:15He hath sated me with bitter things, hath drenched me with wormwood.
Hebrews 11:25Rather choosing—to be jointly suffering ill-treatment with the people of God, than, for a season, to be having, sins enjoyment;
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 →