Proverbs 20:17
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Proverbs 20:17 in other translations
| BSB | Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel. |
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| WEB | Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel. |
| ASV | Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. |
| YLT | Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with gravel. |
| DARBY | Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. |
| BBE | Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand. |
| Webster | Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. |
What does Proverbs 20:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
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Proverbs 20:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 20:17
- Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
- Proverbs 9:17-18
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
- Job 20:12-20
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. …
- Lamentations 3:15-16
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
- Hebrews 11:25
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
- Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
- Genesis 3:6-7
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
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Context
- Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- Proverbs 20:17
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
- Proverbs 20:18
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Proverbs 20:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sabroso es al hombre el pan de mentira; mas después su boca será llena de cascajo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le pain du mensonge est agréable à l’homme; mais ensuite, sa bouche est pleine de gravier. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Das Brot der Falschheit ist einem Manne süß, aber hernach wird sein Mund voll Kies. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Suavis est homini panis mendacii, et postea implebitur os ejus calculo. |