Proverbs 20:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁷ Food gained by fraud is sweet to a person, but afterwards his mouth is full of gravel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Food gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Stolen bread is sweet, but afterward the mouth is full of gravel.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ The bread of lies is sweet to a man. But afterwards, his mouth will be filled with pebbles.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Proverbs 20:17 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 20:16

Take his garment, for he has put up security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for foreigners.

Proverbs 4:17

They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young person, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the desire of your eyes; but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgement.

Hebrews 11:25

and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasure of sin.