Bitterness of Stolen Sweets
Marvin Williams Our Daily Bread Ministries https://odb.org/ All rights reserved-Published with permission Bitterness of Stolen Sweets Food gained by fraud tastes sweet, but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel. Proverbs 20:17 READ Proverbs 20:11-17 LISTEN ONLINE Thieves in Germany stole a truck’s refrigerated trailer filled with more than twenty tons of chocolate. The estimated worth of the stolen sweetness was $80,000. Local police asked anyone who was offered large quantities of chocolate via unconventional channels to report it immediately. Surely those who stole the massive amount of sweets will be facing bitter and unsatisfying consequences if they’re caught and prosecuted! Proverbs confirms this principle: “Food gained by fraud tastes sweet, but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel” (20:17). Things we acquire deceptively or wrongfully may seem to be sweet at first—seasoned with excitement and temporary enjoyment. But the flavor will eventually wear off and our deception w