Proverbs 9:17

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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 unto 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 eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.

Proverbs 5:16

Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, And rivers of waters in the streets.

Proverbs 5:18

Let thy fountain be blessed: And rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Romans 7:8

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought 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.