Proverbs 20:17 “Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of…”

Proverbs 20:17

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

The bread of deceit is sweete to a man: but afterward his mouth shalbe filled with grauel.

Darby Translation

Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Young's Literal Translation

Sweet to a man [is] the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled [with] gravel.

Bible in Basic English

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.

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Cross references

“deceit”

Proverbs 4:17

Proverbs 4:17 · BSB

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

“is sweet”

Ecclesiastes 11:9 Job 20:12–20 Hebrews 11:25 Proverbs 9:17 Proverbs 9:18 Genesis 3:6

Ecclesiastes 11:9 · BSB

Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judg…

Job 20:12–20 · BSB

Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,

Hebrews 11:25 · BSB

He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.

Proverbs 9:17 · BSB

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

Proverbs 9:18 · BSB

But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Genesis 3:6 · BSB

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate i…

“his”

Lamentations 3:15 Lamentations 3:16

Lamentations 3:15 · BSB

He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.

Lamentations 3:16 · BSB

He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

18Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.

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