Proverbs 9:17

Foolishness' Banquet

¹⁶ “Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”
To the one who lacks sense, she says,
¹⁷ “Stolen water is sweet,
and bread eaten secretly is tasty!”
¹⁸ But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Bread Eaten in Secret

Stolen Water is Sweet

Food Eaten In Secret

Proverbs 20:17

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man,
but afterward his mouth is full of gravel.

Proverbs 23:31-32

Don’t gaze at wine because it is red,
when it gleams in the cup
and goes down smoothly.

Proverbs 30:20

This is the way of an adulteress:
she eats and wipes her mouth
and says, “I’ve done nothing wrong.”

Genesis 3:6

Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

2 Kings 5:24-27

When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from them and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they left.

Proverbs 7:18-20

Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning.
Let’s feast on each other’s love!

Romans 7:8

And sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind. For apart from the law sin is dead.

Ephesians 5:12

For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret.

James 1:14-15

But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.