Proverbs 20:17

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Proverbs 20:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible

15 There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.

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

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

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

19 He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.

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Proverbs 4:17

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

Proverbs 9:17

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

Proverbs 9:18

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

Genesis 3:6

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 it.

Genesis 3:7

And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

Job 20:12

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

Job 20:13

though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,

Job 20:14

yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.

Job 20:15

He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.

Job 20:16

He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.

Job 20:17

He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

Job 20:18

He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

Job 20:19

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

Job 20:20

Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

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 judgment.

Hebrews 11:25

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

Lamentations 3:15

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

Lamentations 3:16

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