Proverbs 20:17 - American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Food gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Stolen bread is sweet, but afterward the mouth is full of gravel.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁷ Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

Proverbs 20:17 Cross References

Proverbs 20:16

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.

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 thy 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 share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;