Proverbs 9:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

“Stolen water tastes best, and the food you eat in secret tastes best of all.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

The woman stared at the fruit. It looked beautiful and tasty. She wanted the wisdom that it would give her, and she ate some of the fruit. Her husband was there with her, so she gave some to him, and he ate it too.

Proverbs 20:17

The food you get by cheating may taste delicious, but it turns to gravel.

Proverbs 30:20

An unfaithful wife says, “Sleeping with another man is as natural as eating.”

Proverbs 5:16

And don't be like a stream from which just any woman may take a drink.

Proverbs 5:18

Be happy with the wife you married when you were young.

Romans 7:8

It was sin that used this command as a way of making me have all kinds of desires. But without the Law, sin is dead.

Ephesians 5:12

It is disgusting even to talk about what is done in the dark.