Proverbs 20:17 Cross References - MLV

¹⁷ Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel.

⁶ And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate. And she also gave to her husband with her and he ate. ⁷ And the eyes of them were both opened and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.

¹² Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue, ¹³ though he spares it and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth, ¹⁴ yet his food in his guts is turned. It is the gall of adders within him. ¹⁵ He has swallowed down riches and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly. ¹⁶ He will suck the poison of adders. The viper's tongue will kill him. ¹⁷ He will not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter. ¹⁸ What he labored for will he restore and will not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he will not rejoice.
¹⁹ For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house and he will not build it up. ²⁰ Because he knew no quietness within him, he will not save any of that in which he delights.

¹⁷ Because they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁷ Stolen waters are sweet and bread in secret is pleasant.
¹⁸ But he does not know because the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

⁹ Rejoice, O young man, in your youth and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth and walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes. But know, that upon all these things God will bring you into judgment.

¹⁵ He has filled me with bitterness. He has sated me with wormwood. ¹⁶ He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones. He has covered me with ashes.

²⁵ having selected for himself to be mistreated together with the people of God rather than to have temporary enjoyment of sin,