Proverbs 9:17

17 ^z“Stolen water is sweet,

and ^abread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

Related Verses

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.”

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