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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 9, Verse 18

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Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
King James Version
But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
American Standard Version
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
New English Translation
But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
World English Bible
But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
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Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
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The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
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He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.
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Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
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The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
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The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
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He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
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He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.