Proverbs 9:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁷ ‘Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten secretly is tasty! ’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Stolen waters (pleasures) are sweet [because they are forbidden]; and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. [Prov. 20:17.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ “Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is pleasant.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ "Stolen waters are more soothing, and secret bread is more pleasant."

Proverbs 9:17 Cross References

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Proverbs 20:17

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a person, but afterwards his mouth is full of gravel.

Proverbs 30:20

This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’

Proverbs 5:16

Should your springs flow in the streets, streams in the public squares?

Proverbs 5:18

Let your fountain be blessed, and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.

Romans 7:8

And sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment,  produced in me coveting of every kind. For apart from the law sin is dead.

Ephesians 5:12

For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret.