17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. …
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; …
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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