Proverbs 20:17 meaning and explanation
Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
Proverbs 20:17, Berean Standard Bible
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This saying belongs to the collected wisdom of Proverbs 20, where a teacher observes ordinary life and draws out its moral shape. The picture is concrete: food obtained by fraud tastes sweet at the moment of eating, but afterward the mouth is full of gravel, gritty and useless as nourishment.
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