Proverbs 20:17 · KJV
“Bread of deceit {is} sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. {deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood}”
— Proverbs 20:17
Take his garment that is surety {for} a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
{Every} purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Proverbs 20 — Context
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge {are} a precious jewel.
16Take his garment that is surety {for} a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
17Bread of deceit {is} sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. {deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood}
18{Every} purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
19He that goeth about {as} a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. {flattereth: or, enticeth}
Cross References
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. {eaten...: Heb. of secrecies}
Job 20:12-20
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, {though} he hide it under his tongue;
Lamentations 3:15-16
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. {bitterness: Heb. bitternesses}
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. {pleasant: Heb. a desire}