Proverbs 9:17

New King James Version

“Stolen water is sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

Proverbs 20:17

Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, 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 done no wickedness.”

Proverbs 5:16

Should your fountains be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets?

Proverbs 5:18

Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice with the wife of your youth.

Romans 7:8

But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire. For apart from the law sin was dead.

Ephesians 5:12

For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.