“Suavis est homini panis mendacii, et postea implebitur os ejus calculo.”
“Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood”
“Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.”
“Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.”
“Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.”
Lying. Deceit, and unlawful pleasures, chap. ix. 17. But God mingles disgust with them, and will punish the guilty, at least hereafter. Worldly enjoyments seem sweet, but they are full of gravel, and hurtful.
9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
“And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband, who did eat.”