Job 20:12
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Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
In other translations
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Psalm 10:7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
- Job 15:16How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
- Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
- Psalm 109:17-1817 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. 18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.17 The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him. 18 The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
- Proverbs 9:17-1817 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.17 “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!” 18 But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
- Genesis 3:6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
- Proverbs 20:17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
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