Proverbs 9:17

Tree of Life Version

“Stolen water is sweet and bread eaten in secret is delicious!”

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

Now the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a thing of lust for the eyes, and that the tree was desirable for imparting wisdom. So she took of its fruit and she ate. She also gave to her husband who was with her and he ate.

Proverbs 20:17

Bread gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is filled with gravel.

Proverbs 30:20

Such is the way of an adulteress: she eats, wipes her mouth and says, “I have done nothing wrong.”

Proverbs 5:16

Should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in public squares?

Proverbs 5:18

May your fountain be blessed and may you delight in the wife of your youth.

Romans 7:8

But sin, taking an opportunity, worked in me through the commandment all kinds of coveting. For apart from the Torah, sin is dead.

Ephesians 5:12

for it is disgraceful even to mention the things that are done by them in secret.