Proverbs 9:17

New International Reader's Version

She says, “Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret tastes good!”

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw that the tree’s fruit was good to eat and pleasing to look at. She also saw that it would make a person wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her. And he ate it.

Proverbs 20:17

Food gained by cheating tastes sweet. But you will end up with a mouth full of gravel.

Proverbs 30:20

“This is the way of a woman who commits adultery. She eats and wipes her mouth. Then she says, ‘I haven’t done anything wrong.’

Proverbs 5:16

Should your springs pour out into the streets? Should your streams of water pour out in public places?

Proverbs 5:18

May your fountain be blessed. May the wife you married when you were young make you happy.

Romans 7:8

But the commandment gave sin an opportunity. Sin caused me to want all kinds of things that belong to others. A person can’t sin by breaking a law if that law doesn’t exist.

Ephesians 5:12

It is shameful even to talk about what people who don’t obey do in secret.