Pro 20:17-21 | JFB | STEP | 17. Bread ... sweet-- either as unlawfully ( ) or easily obtained. mouth ... gravel-- well expresses the pain and grief given at last.

‏ Proverbs 20:17-21

17. Bread ... sweet--either as unlawfully (Pr 9:17) or easily obtained.

mouth ... gravel--well expresses the pain and grief given at last.

18. (Compare Pr 15:22). Be careful and considerate in important plans.

19. Those who love to tell news will hardly keep secrets.

flattereth ... lips--(compare Margin; Pr 1:10).

meddle ... him--literally, "join," or "associate with."

20. his lamp--(Compare Pr 13:9; 24:20).

21. gotten hastily--contrary to God's providence (Pr 28:20), implying its unjust or easy attainment; hence the man is punished, or spends freely what he got easily (compare Pr 20:17).