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Barnes' Notes on Proverbs 20:17

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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“To eat gravel” was a Hebrew Lamentations 3:16, and is an Arabic, phrase for getting into trouble. So “bread,” got by deceit, tastes sweet at first, but ends by leaving the hunger of the soul unsatisfied. There is a pleasure in the sense of cleverness felt after a hard bargain or a successful fraud, which must be met by bidding men look on the after consequences. return to 'Top of Page'
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