Rashi, on Prov 20:17

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

“Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man Adultery with a married woman. but afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel Heb. חצץ, fine pebbles. Similarly, (Lam. 3:16): “And He has made my teeth grind on gravel (בחצץ).””

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.