Cross references
Proverbs 20:17
Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man,
but later his mouth is full of gravel.
Proverbs 20:17 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 11:9 (7 votes) and Proverbs 9:17–18 (6 votes). 4 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from Genesis 3 to Hebrews 11.
Which verses does Proverbs 20:17 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ecclesiastes 11:97 votes
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
- Proverbs 9:17–186 votes
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!” But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
- Job 20:12–204 votes
Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue, though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth, …
- Lamentations 3:15–164 votes
He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood. He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.
- Hebrews 11:253 votes
He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
- Genesis 3:6–72 votes
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
- Proverbs 4:172 votes
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Which verses point to Proverbs 20:17?
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