Proverbs 9:17
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17 “Stolen water is sweet,
and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”(A)
Proverbs 20:17
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17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet,
but afterward the mouth will be full of gravel.(A)
Proverbs 23:31-32
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31 Do not look at wine when it is red,
when it sparkles in the cup
and goes down smoothly.
32 At the last it bites like a serpent
and stings like an adder.
Proverbs 30:20
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20 This is the way of an adulteress:
she eats and wipes her mouth
and says, “I have done no wrong.”(A)
James 1:14-15
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14 But one is tempted by one’s own desire, being lured and enticed by it; 15 then, when desire has conceived, it engenders sin, and sin, when it is fully grown, gives birth to death.(A)
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Ephesians 5:12
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12 For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly,
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Romans 7:8
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8 But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law sin lies dead.(A)
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Proverbs 7:18-20
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18 Come, let us take our fill of love until morning;
let us delight ourselves with love.
19 For my husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey.
20 He took a bag of money with him;
he will not come home until full moon.”
2 Kings 5:24-27
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24 When he came to the citadel, he took the bags[a] from them and stored them inside; he dismissed the men, and they left.
25 He went in and stood before his master, and Elisha said to him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” He answered, “Your servant has not gone anywhere at all.”(A) 26 But he said to him, “Did I not go with you in spirit when someone left his chariot to meet you? Is this a time to accept silver and to accept clothing, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves?(B) 27 Therefore the skin disease of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So he left his presence diseased, as white as snow.(C)
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- 5.24 Heb lacks the bags
Genesis 3:6
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6 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)
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