Bible verse
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
Proverbs 9:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 9.
13 The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
15 calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.
16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
17 “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
18 But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
KJV
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
ASV
Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
ERV
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
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