Proverbs 9:17

New English Translation

“Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!”

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Proverbs 20:17

Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

Proverbs 30:20

This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, “I have not done wrong.”

Proverbs 5:16

Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas?

Proverbs 5:18

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife –

Romans 7:8

But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

Ephesians 5:12

For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention.