Proverbs 9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
In context
14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city, 15 To call passengers Who go right on their ways: 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: And as for him that wanteth 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; And that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 9:17 in the NIV
“Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 9:17 in the ESV
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”