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Proverbs 9:17-18
The Voice
Proverbs 9:17-18
The Voice
17 Lady Folly: Stolen water tastes so much sweeter!
Bread secreted away is much more satisfying to eat!
18 But those who pause to listen to Lady Folly do not know death is the next stop,
that her guests are walking cadavers.
Proverbs 9:17-18
New King James Version
Proverbs 9:17-18
New King James Version
17 “Stolen(A) water is sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 But he does not know that (B)the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of [a]hell.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:18 Or Sheol
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