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Proverbs 20:17 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 20 · verse 17
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.Proverbs 20:17 · King James Version
Proverbs 20:17 in context
15There 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.
18Every 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- afterwardsʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- deceitsheqeran untruthH8267 →
- filledmâlêʼto fill or be full of, in a wide applicationH4390 →
- Breadlechemfood , especially bread, or grainH3899 →
- sweetʻârêbpleasantH6156 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
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Note, 1. Sin may possibly be pleasant in the commission: Bread of deceit, wealth gotten by fraud, by lying and oppression, may be sweet to a man, and the more sweet for its being ill-gotten, such pleasure does the carnal mind take in the success of its wicked projects.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary