Proverbs 20:17

New American Bible - revised edition

Bread earned by deceit is sweet, but afterward the mouth is filled with gravel.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:16

Take the garment of the one who became surety for a stranger; if for foreigners, exact the pledge!

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O youth, while you are young and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart, the vision of your eyes; Yet understand regarding all this that God will bring you to judgment.

Hebrews 11:25

he chose to be ill-treated along with the people of God rather than enjoy the fleeting pleasure of sin.