Proverbs 9:17

Foolishness' Banquet

¹⁶ "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding. ¹⁷ "Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!" ¹⁸ But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

Bread Eaten in Secret

Stolen Water is Sweet

Food Eaten In Secret

Proverbs 20:17

Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

Proverbs 23:31-32

Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

Proverbs 30:20

This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have not done wrong."

Genesis 3:6

When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

2 Kings 5:24-27

When he arrived at the hill, he took them from the servants and put them in the house. Then he sent the men on their way.

Proverbs 7:18-20

Come, let's drink deeply of lovemaking until morning, let's delight ourselves with sexual intercourse.

Romans 7:8

But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

Ephesians 5:12

For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention.

James 1:14-15

But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.