Proverbs 9:17

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15 To call to those who pass by,
Who go straight on their way:

16 “Whoever^a is simple, let him turn in here”;
And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,

17 “Stolen^a water is sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

18 But he does not know that ^athe dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of¹ hell.

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Proverbs 9:17

The besetting sin of all times and countries, the one great proof of the inherent corruption of man' s nature. Pleasures are attractive because they are forbidden (compare Romans 7:7).

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