Proverbs Chapter 20 verse 17 Holy Bible
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.
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Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, But afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
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Sweet to a man `is' the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled `with' gravel.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; Revised Version, bread of falsehood; i.e. bread gained without labour, or by unrighteous means (comp. Proverbs 10:2). This is agreeable because it is easily won, and has the relish of forbidden fruit. "Wickedness is sweet in his mouth" (Job 20:12). But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. He will find in his "bread" no nourishment, but rather discomfort and positive injury (comp. Job 20:14). The expression, "to eat gravel," is intimated in Lamentations 3:16, "He hath broken my teeth with gravel stones;" it implies grievous disappointment and unprofitableness. See here a warning against evil plesaures - Φεῦγ ἡδονὴν φέρουσαν ὕστερον βλάβην "Sperne voluptates: nocet empta dolore voluptas." Oort supposes that the gnome in the text is derived from a riddle, which asked, "What is sweet at first, but afterwards like sand in the mouth?"
