Proverbs 9:17

New Century Version

Stolen water is sweeter, and food eaten in secret tastes better.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw that the tree was beautiful, that its fruit was good to eat, and that it would make her wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of the fruit to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Proverbs 20:17

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

Proverbs 30:20

“This is the way of a woman who takes part in adultery: She acts as if she had eaten and washed her face; she says, ‘I haven’t done anything wrong.’

Proverbs 5:16

Don’t pour your water in the streets; don’t give your love to just any woman.

Proverbs 5:18

Be happy with the wife you married when you were young. She gives you joy, as your fountain gives you water.

Romans 7:8

And sin found a way to use that command and cause me to want all kinds of things I should not want. But without the law, sin has no power.

Ephesians 5:12

It is shameful even to talk about what those people do in secret.