"Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel."
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And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
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.
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, But afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
Sweet to a man `is' the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled `with' gravel.