Old Testament · VERSE 17

Proverbs 9:17

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Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

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Proverbs 9:14

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

Proverbs 9:15

To call passengers who go right on their ways:

Proverbs 9:16

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Proverbs 9:17SELECTED VERSE

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Proverbs 9:18

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

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