Proverbs 9:17

Which verses does Proverbs 9:17 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. Proverbs 20:1712 votes

   Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.

2. Proverbs 23:31–327 votes

   Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

3. Proverbs 30:204 votes

   This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

4. James 1:14–154 votes

   But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

5. Genesis 3:63 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.

6. 2 Kings 5:24–273 votes

   When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from the servants and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they departed. When Gehazi went in and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Gehazi, where have you been?” “Your servant did not go anywhere,” he replied. …

7. Proverbs 7:18–203 votes

   Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses! For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey. …

8. Romans 7:83 votes

   But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

9. Ephesians 5:123 votes

   For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

Which verses point to Proverbs 9:17?

The 10 strongest of 16.

• 1 Corinthians 6:18 7
• Proverbs 20:17 6
• Proverbs 22:3 6
• Ephesians 5:12 6
• Proverbs 9:5 4
• Genesis 39:8 3
• Job 20:12 3
• Proverbs 4:17 3
• Genesis 39:11 2
• Leviticus 15:20 2