Proverbs 9:17

Foolishness' Banquet

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“Whoever is naive or inexperienced, let him turn in here!”
And to him who lacks understanding (common sense), she says,
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“Stolen waters (pleasures) are sweet [because they are forbidden];
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
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But he does not know that the spirits of the dead are there,
And that her guests are [already] in the depths of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

Bread Eaten in Secret

Stolen Water is Sweet

Food Eaten In Secret

Proverbs 20:17

Food gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel [just as sin may be sweet at first, but later its consequences bring despair].

Proverbs 23:31-32

Do not look at wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the glass,
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 done no wrong.”

Genesis 3:6

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise and insightful, she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.

2 Kings 5:24-27

When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and put them in the house [for safekeeping]; and he sent the men away, and they left.

Proverbs 7:18-20

“Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;
Let us console and delight ourselves with love.

Romans 7:8

But sin, finding an opportunity through the commandment [to express itself] produced in me every kind of coveting and selfish desire. For without the Law sin is dead [the recognition of sin is inactive].

Ephesians 5:12

for it is disgraceful even to mention the things that such people practice in secret.

James 1:14-15

But each one is tempted when he is dragged away, enticed and baited [to commit sin] by his own [worldly] desire (lust, passion).