17
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
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Verse 17. Lying. Deceit, and unlawful pleasures. Calmet. 9:17. 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.
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