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Proverbs 9:17 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 9 · verse 17 · King James Version
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.Proverbs 9:17 · King James Version
Proverbs 9:17 in context
15To call passengers who go right on their ways:
16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- Stolengânabto thieveH1589 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
- secretçêthera coverH5643 →
- sweetmâthaqto suck, by implication, to relish, or be sweetH4985 →
- breadlechemfood , especially bread, or grainH3899 →
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