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Proverbs 9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
Proverbs 9:17 · Darby Bible
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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 entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
15 to call passers-by who go right on their ways:
16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,
17 Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy 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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