THEOSISProverbs 20:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
עָרֵ֣ב לָ֭אִישׁ לֶ֣חֶם שָׁ֑קֶר וְ֝אַחַ֗ר יִמָּֽלֵא־פִ֥יהוּ חָצָֽץ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 9:17Stolen waters are sweeter, and hidden bread is more pleasant.
- Prov 9:18And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
- Eccl 11:9Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment.
- Heb 11:25Rather choosing to be afflicted with the people of God than to have the pleasure of sin for a time:
- Lam 3:15He. He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath inebriated me with wormwood.
- Lam 3:16Vau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with ashes.
- Job 20:12For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.
- Job 20:20And yet his belly was not filled: and when he hath the things he coveted, he shall not be able to possess them.