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17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Proverbs 20:17 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 17)Note, 1. Sin may possibly be pleasant in the commission: Bread of deceit , wealth gotten by fraud, by lying and oppression, may be sweet to a man , and the more sweet for its being ill-gotten, such pleasure does the carnal mind take in the success of its wicked projects. All the pleasures and profits of sin are bread of deceit . They are stolen, for they are forbidden fruit; and they will deceive ...
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