Proverbs 20:17 - English Standard Version 2016

¹⁷ Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be 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 a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Hebrews 11:25

choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.