In Proverbs 9:5, Wisdom offers her feast — the opposite of folly's stolen water here. Contrast between legitimate and illicit pleasures.

Proverbs 7:18-20 depicts the secret allure of adultery, directly mirroring the 'stolen water' metaphor for forbidden pleasure.

Proverbs 20:17 echoes the same idea: bread gained by deceit is sweet but leads to bitter consequences.

Proverbs 23:32 reveals the painful aftermath of wine, mirroring the hidden cost of folly's stolen pleasures.

Proverbs 30:20 describes an adulterous woman who eats secretly and denies wrongdoing, echoing the deceitful sweetness of stolen water.

Proverbs 4:17 describes the wicked eating bread of wickedness and drinking wine of violence, mirroring the stolen bread and water imagery.

Proverbs 1:18 warns that sinners ambush their own lives, revealing the hidden danger behind the stolen water's appeal.

Genesis 3:6 describes the lure of forbidden fruit, paralleling the appeal of stolen water and bread in 9:17.

James 1:14 explains the internal lure of desire, which is exactly what the stolen water and bread appeal to in 9:17.

Job 20:12 says wickedness is sweet in the mouth but hidden, directly paralleling the deceptive sweetness of stolen water.

Romans 7:8 reveals how prohibition stirs desire, explaining why stolen water seems sweet in 9:17.

James 1:15 shows desire leading to sin and death, revealing the deadly outcome behind the stolen water's sweetness.

Romans 6:21 asks what fruit came from shameful deeds — the 'stolen water' here ends in death, not lasting sweetness.

Ephesians 5:12 calls secret deeds shameful, contrasting the 'sweet' view of stolen water with the reality of shame.