Pro 9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread {eaten} in secret is pleasant. {eaten...: Heb. of secrecies}
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Bread of deceit {is} sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. {deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood}
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, {when} it moveth itself aright.
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Such {is} the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
And when he came to the tower, he took {them} from their hand, and bestowed {them} in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. {tower: or, secret place}
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin {was} dead.
And when the woman saw that the tree {was} good for food, and that it {was} pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make {one} wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. {pleasant: Heb. a desire}
Bread of deceit {is} sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. {deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood}
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine {which} I have mingled.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, {though} he hide it under his tongue;
And it came to pass about this time, that {Joseph} went into the house to do his business; and {there was} none of the men of the house there within.
And they lay wait for their {own} blood; they lurk privily for their {own} lives.
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things {is} death.
And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. {along...: Heb. going and weeping}