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Proverbs 9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Proverbs 9:17 · American Standard Version
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Proverbs 9:17 in other translations
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
“Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”
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In context
14 And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
15 To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:
16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
17 Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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