Proverbs 20:17
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Revised Version 1895
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 that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge that is surety for strangers.
18Every purpose is established by counsel: and by wise guidance make thou war,
Cross References
Genesis 3:6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.
Job 20:14Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
Proverbs 9:17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Lamentations 3:15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.
Hebrews 11:25choosing rather to be evil entreated 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 →