Devine Scripture

Proverbs 9:17

Proverbs chapter 9 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Stolen waters are sweet, And breadeatenin secret is pleasant.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Stolen waters are sweet, And breadeatenin secret is pleasant.

Context

v.16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

v.17This passage

v.18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Romans 7:8

    but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart from the law sin is dead.

  • Proverbs 20:17

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

  • James 1:14

    but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

  • 2 Kings 5:24

    And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.

  • Genesis 3:6

    And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.

  • Proverbs 23:31

    Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly: