Proverbs 9:17 ““Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!””

Proverbs 9:17

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

World English Bible

“Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”

American Standard Version

Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Geneva Bible 1599

Stollen waters are sweete, and hid bread is pleasant.

Darby Translation

Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.

Young's Literal Translation

'Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'

Bible in Basic English

Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.

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Cross references

“Stolen”

Proverbs 20:17 Genesis 3:6 Romans 7:8 Proverbs 23:31 Proverbs 23:32 James 1:14

Proverbs 20:17 · BSB

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

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…

Romans 7:8 · BSB

But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

Proverbs 23:31 · BSB

Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

Proverbs 23:32 · BSB

In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

James 1:14 · BSB

But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.

“eaten in secret”

Proverbs 30:20 Proverbs 7:18–20 2 Kings 5:24–27 Ephesians 5:12

Proverbs 30:20 · BSB

This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

Proverbs 7:18–20 · BSB

Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!

2 Kings 5:24–27 · BSB

When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from the servants and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they departed.

Ephesians 5:12 · BSB

For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

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

In context

16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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