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Proverbs 20

Pr. 20:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
of βdeceit
sheqer (Hebrew #8267)
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Pronounce: sheh'-ker
Origin: from 8266
is sweet
`areb (Hebrew #6156)
pleasant
KJV usage: sweet.
Pronounce: aw-rabe'
Origin: from 6149
to a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
; but afterwards
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
his mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
shall be filled
male' (Hebrew #4390)
a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: accomplish, confirm, + consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, X draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-)flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-)full, + have wholly.
Pronounce: maw-lay'
Origin: or malae (Esth. 7:5) {maw-law'}
with gravel
chatsats (Hebrew #2687)
properly, something cutting; hence, gravel (as grit); also (like 2671) an arrow
KJV usage: arrow, gravel (stone).
Pronounce: khaw-tsawts'
Origin: from 2687
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lying, or, falsehood.

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Ministry on This Verse

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deceit.
Heb. lying, or falsehood.
Pr. 4:17• 17Porque comen pan de maldad, y beben vino de robos. (Pr. 4:17)
is sweet.
Pr. 9:17‑18• 17Las aguas hurtadas son dulces, Y el pan comido en oculto es suave.
 18Y no saben que allí están los muertos; Que sus convidados están en los profundos de la sepultura. (Pr. 9:17‑18)
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Gn. 3:6‑7• 6Y vió la mujer que el árbol era bueno para comer, y que era agradable á los ojos, y árbol codiciable para alcanzar la sabiduría; y tomó de su fruto, y comió; y dió también á su marido, el cual comió así como ella.
 7Y fueron abiertos los ojos de entrambos, y conocieron que estaban desnudos: entonces cosieron hojas de higuera, y se hicieron delantales. (Gn. 3:6‑7)
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Job 20:12‑20• 12Si el mal se endulzó en su boca, Si lo ocultaba debajo de su lengua;
 13Si le parecía bien, y no lo dejaba, Mas antes lo detenía entre su paladar;
 14Su comida se mudará en sus entrañas, Hiel de áspides será dentro de él.
 15Devoró riquezas, mas vomitarálas; De su vientre las sacará Dios.
 16Veneno de áspides chupará; Matarálo lengua de víbora.
 17No verá los arroyos, los ríos, Los torrentes de miel y de manteca.
 18Restituirá el trabajo conforme á la hacienda que tomó; Y no tragará, ni gozará.
 19Por cuanto quebrantó y desamparó á los pobres, Robó casas, y no las edificó;
 20Por tanto, no sentirá él sosiego en su vientre, Ni salvará nada de lo que codiciaba. (Job 20:12‑20)
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Ec. 11:9• 9Alégrate, mancebo, en tu mocedad, y tome placer tu corazón en los días de tu juventud; y anda en los caminos de tu corazón, y en la vista de tus ojos: mas sabe, que sobre todas estas cosas te traerá Dios á juicio. (Ec. 11:9)
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He. 11:25• 25Escogiendo antes ser afligido con el pueblo de Dios, que gozar de comodidades temporales de pecado. (He. 11:25)
his.
Lm. 3:15‑16• 15Hartóme de amarguras, embriagóme de ajenjos.
 16Quebróme los dientes con cascajo, cubrióme de ceniza. (Lm. 3:15‑16)
• In place of a sweet and delectable dainty, the mouth will be filled with gravel, hard and disappointing. Compare Proverbs 9:17, 18, and see Matthew 26:14-16 and 27:3-5. (“Proverbs Twenty” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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