Proverbs 20:17

Bread of deceit— Bread gained by fraud. Houbigant.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“To eat gravel” was a Hebrew Lamentations 3:16 , and is an Arabic, phrase for getting into trouble. So “bread,” got by deceit, tastes sweet at fir...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9 ; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self chara...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bread of deceit . Bread gained by deceit. Genitive of Origin. See App-17 (2). Bread. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), for all kind...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. Bread of deceit is sweet - Property acquired by falsehood,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. Bread of deceit - bread obtained by deceit ( Proverb...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Raging] RV 'a brawler.' Is deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balan...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Glory of Young Men” Proverbs 20:16-30 What a wonderful thought is given in Proverbs 20:27 ! We stand like a row of unlighted candles unti...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 20:9 . This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

HARD FARE ‘Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall he filled with gravel.’ Proverbs 20:17 There are instances in w...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man ,.... Which may be understood of sin in general, which is bread to the sinner, he eats it: it is called "the bre...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. Ver. 17. Bread of deceit is sweet to a man. ] Sin's m...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bread of deceit Gain or pleasure procured by unrighteous courses; is sweet to a man And the more sweet, because it is unlawfully obtained; such p...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. Note, 1. Sin may possibly be pleasant...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bread of deceit; gain or pleasure procured by unrighteous courses. His mouth shall be filled with gravel; it shall be bitter and pernicious at la...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 20:17 . A man . The Hebrew word here used is the one which denotes a superior man . MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 20:...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 20:17 There are instances in which a very little practice in evil will make real wickedness seem to one harmless, to another necessary, t...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:1 . Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging. In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker; or, scorner, the word ( luts ) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 17. Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, what he gains by such means may seem pleasant and enjoyable to him at first; but afterwards his mouth sh...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 11:9 ; Genesis 3:6 ; Genesis 3:7 ; Hebrews 11:25 ; Job 20:12-20 ; Lamentations 3:15 ; Lamentations 3:16 ; Proverbs 4:17 ; Prove...

¹⁷ Bread of deceitd is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 20:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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