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Proverbs 20:17

Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE

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17 The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

17 Food gained by fraud tastes sweet, but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.

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