Proverbs 20:17
"Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel."
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- 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."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 9:17
"Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
Read in chapter → - Lamentations 3:15
"He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood."
Read in chapter → - Job 20:12
"Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;"
Read in chapter → - Hebrews 11:25
"Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 4:17
"For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 3:6
"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."
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