17 All bread is sweet to a fornicator. He will not cease until he dies. (WEB)
Sirach 23:17
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Proverbs 9:16–18
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.
Sirach 40:29–30
29 A man who looks to the table of another, his life is not to be considered a life. He will pollute his soul with another person’s food, but a wise and well-instructed person will beware of that. (WEB) 30 Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the shameless, but it kindle… (WEB)
Proverbs 30:19–21
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Proverbs 20:16–18
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Proverbs 27:6–8
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6 even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place? 7 All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied. 8 What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to th…
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