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Proverbs 9:17-18
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17 “Stolen waters are sweet,
    and bread of secrecy is pleasant.”
18 But he does not know that the dead[a] are there,
    in the depths of Sheol[b] are her guests.

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  1. Proverbs 9:18 Or “Rephaim”
  2. Proverbs 9:18 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
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Proverbs 9:17-18
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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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