Job 20:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 15:16 : 16 How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!
  • Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.
  • Ps 109:17-18 : 17 As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him. 18 He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
  • Prov 9:17-18 : 17 Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing. 18 But he does not see that the dead are there, that her guests are in the deep places of the underworld.
  • Prov 20:17 : 17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.

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    13Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;

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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

  • Job 20:11
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    11His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust.

  • Ps 36:2-4
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    2For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.

    3In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

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    17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.

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    13Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:

    14Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words:

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

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    30Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?

  • Prov 26:26
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    26Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.

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    24With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;

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    9For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.

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    17Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

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    5For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

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    2Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.

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    30He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

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    8The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

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    4Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.

  • Prov 24:13
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    13My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:

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    10For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:

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    20There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.

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    26All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.

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    22False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.

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