Proverbs 9:17

The English Standar 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, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,[2] she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.

Proverbs 20:17

Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

Proverbs 30:20

This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have done no wrong."

Proverbs 5:16

Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets?

Proverbs 5:18

Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth,

Romans 7:8

But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. Apart from the law, sin lies dead.

Ephesians 5:12

For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.