Proverbs 20:17 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Food gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Stolen bread is sweet, but afterward the mouth is full of gravel.

Catholic Public Domain Version

The bread of lies is sweet to a man. But afterwards, his mouth will be filled with pebbles.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Proverbs 20:17 Cross References

Proverbs 20:16

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Hebrews 11:25

choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;