Proverbs 9:17
"Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
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- Proverbs 20:17
"Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 23:31
"Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright."
Read in chapter → - James 1:14
"But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 30:20
"Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness."
Read in chapter → - 2 Kings 5:24
"And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed."
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."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 7:18
"Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves."
Read in chapter → - Ephesians 5:12
"For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret."
Read in chapter → - Romans 7:8
"But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead."
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