Proverbs 20:17
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The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Proverbs 9:17
And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

Proverbs 20:16
Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.

Lamentations 3:16
Vau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with ashes.

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The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Context
Wine is a Mocker
16Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers. 17The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.18Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.…
Lexicon
Food
לֶ֣חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3899: Food, bread, grain

gained by fraud
שָׁ֑קֶר (šā·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood

is sweet
עָרֵ֣ב (‘ā·rêḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6149: To be sweet or pleasing

to a man,
לָ֭אִישׁ (lā·’îš)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

but later
וְ֝אַחַ֗ר (wə·’a·ḥar)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part

his mouth
פִ֥יהוּ (p̄î·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

is full of
יִמָּֽלֵא־ (yim·mā·lê-)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4390: To fill, be full of

gravel.
חָצָֽץ׃ (ḥā·ṣāṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2687: Something cutting, gravel, an arrow


Additional Translations
Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with gravel.
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