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17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet,
    but afterward the mouth will be full of gravel.(A)

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17 Food gained by fraud tastes sweet,(A)
    but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.(B)

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Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.(A)

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You who are young, be happy while you are young,
    and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
    and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
    God will bring you into judgment.(A)

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17 “Stolen water is sweet,
    and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”(A)
18 But they do not know that the dead[a] are there,
    that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.(B)

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  1. 9.18 Heb shades

17     “Stolen water is sweet;
    food eaten in secret is delicious!(A)
18 But little do they know that the dead are there,
    that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.(B)

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25 choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

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25 He chose to be mistreated(A) along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

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15 He has filled me with bitterness;
    he has sated me with wormwood.

16 He has made my teeth grind on gravel;
    he has made me cower in ashes;

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15 He has filled me with bitter herbs
    and given me gall to drink.(A)

16 He has broken my teeth with gravel;(B)
    he has trampled me in the dust.(C)

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12 “Though wickedness is sweet in their mouth,
    though they hide it under their tongues,(A)
13 though they are loath to let it go
    and hold it in their mouths,
14 yet their food is turned in their stomachs;
    it is the venom of asps within them.
15 They swallow down riches and vomit them up again;
    God casts them out of their bellies.
16 They will suck the poison of asps;
    the tongue of a viper will kill them.(B)
17 They will not look on the rivers,
    the streams flowing with honey and curds.(C)
18 They will give back the fruit of their toil
    and will not swallow it down;
from the profit of their trading
    they will get no enjoyment.(D)
19 For they have crushed and abandoned the poor;
    they have seized a house that they did not build.(E)

20 “For they knew no quiet in their bellies;
    in their greed they let nothing escape.(F)

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12 “Though evil(A) is sweet in his mouth
    and he hides it under his tongue,(B)
13 though he cannot bear to let it go
    and lets it linger in his mouth,(C)
14 yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;(D)
    it will become the venom of serpents(E) within him.
15 He will spit out the riches(F) he swallowed;
    God will make his stomach vomit(G) them up.
16 He will suck the poison(H) of serpents;
    the fangs of an adder will kill him.(I)
17 He will not enjoy the streams,
    the rivers(J) flowing with honey(K) and cream.(L)
18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;(M)
    he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.(N)
19 For he has oppressed the poor(O) and left them destitute;(P)
    he has seized houses(Q) he did not build.

20 “Surely he will have no respite from his craving;(R)
    he cannot save himself by his treasure.(S)

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So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.(A) Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

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When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable(A) for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband,(B) who was with her, and he ate it.(C) Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked;(D) so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.(E)

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17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
    and drink the wine of violence.

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17 They eat the bread of wickedness
    and drink the wine of violence.(A)

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