Proverbs 9:17

American King James Version (1999)

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

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also to her husband with her; and he did eat.

Proverbs 20:17

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

Proverbs 30:20

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and said, I have done no wickedness.

Proverbs 5:16

Let your fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

Proverbs 5:18

Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth.

Romans 7:8

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, worked in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

Ephesians 5:12

For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.