Proverbs 20:17

New Century Version

Stolen food may taste sweet at first, but later it will feel like a mouth full of gravel.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:16

Take the coat of someone who promises to pay a stranger’s debts, and keep it until he pays what the stranger owes.

Proverbs 4:17

They feast on wickedness and cruelty as if they were eating bread and drinking wine.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Young people, enjoy yourselves while you are young; be happy while you are young. Do whatever your heart desires, whatever you want to do. But remember that God will judge you for everything you do.

Hebrews 11:25

He chose to suffer with God’s people instead of enjoying sin for a short time.