Proverbs 9:17

Easy To Read Version

But she (Foolishness) says, “If you steal water, it tastes better than your own. If you steal bread, it tastes better than the bread you cook yourself.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw the tree was beautiful. She saw the fruit was good to eat. And it was exciting that the tree would make her wise. So the woman took fruit from the tree and ate it. Her husband was there with her, so she gave some of the fruit to him and he ate it.

Proverbs 20:17

If you get something by cheating, it may seem like a good thing. But in the end it will be worth nothing.

Proverbs 30:20

A woman who is not faithful to her husband acts like she has done nothing wrong. She eats, takes a bath, and says she has done nothing wrong.

Proverbs 5:18

So, be happy with your own wife. Enjoy the woman you married while you were young.

Romans 7:8

And sin found a way to use that command and make me want every kind of wrong thing. So sin came to me because of that command. But without the law, sin has no power.

Ephesians 5:12

It is really very shameful to even talk about the things those people in darkness do in secret.