Proverbs 9:17

The Scriptures 1998

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

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

And 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, and she took of its fruit and ate. And she also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

Proverbs 20:17

Bread gained by deceit might be sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth is filled with gravel.

Proverbs 30:20

This is the way of an adulterous woman: She shall eat and wipe her mouth, and say, “I have not done wickedness.”

Proverbs 5:16

Should your springs be scattered abroad, Rivers 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, having taken the occasion through the command, did work in me all sorts of covetousness. For apart from Torah sin is dead.

Ephesians 5:12

For it is a shame even to speak of what is done by them in secret.