Proverbs 9:17

Modern English Version

“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasing to the eyes and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

Proverbs 20:17

The bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward is his mouth filled with gravel.

Proverbs 30:20

This is the way of an adulteress: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, “I have done no wrong.”

Proverbs 5:16

Should your fountains be dispersed abroad, streams of water 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 opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law sin is dead.

Ephesians 5:12

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