Proverbs 9:16-18

English Standard Version

^16 (A)“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
    And to him who lacks sense she says,
^17 (B)“Stolen water is sweet,
    and ^(C)bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
¹⁸ But he does not know ^(D)that the dead^[a] are there,
    that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.