Proverbios 20:17
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Context
This verse from Proverbios Chapter 20 connects to 10 cross-references. El Predicador prueba el placer, las obras y la sabiduría y concluye que todo es vanidad: acumula casas, viñas, jardines, siervos y tesoros, mas al entregar su corazón al placer halla que también eso es vanidad. Hay que comer, beber …
Otras traducciones
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Sweet to a man <FI>is<Fi> the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled <FI>with<Fi> gravel.
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.
Referencias cruzadas
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and …
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
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;
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves …