Job 20:12

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Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

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  • Job 15:16 : 16 How much less is a man, who is detestable and corrupt, one who drinks iniquity like water!
  • Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.
  • Ps 109:17-18 : 17 He loved to curse—may it come back to him; he took no delight in blessing—may it be far from him. 18 He clothed himself with cursing as with his garment; it seeped into his body like water, into his bones like oil.
  • Prov 9:17-18 : 17 Stolen water is sweet, and food eaten in secret is delicious. 18 But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
  • Prov 20:17 : 17 Food gained by deceit is sweet to a person, but afterward their mouth is full of gravel.
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart be glad in the days of your prime. Follow the ways of your heart and the sights of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.

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  • Job 20:13-16
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    13though he cherishes it and does not let it go, but keeps it in the midst of his mouth,

    14yet his food in his stomach is turned to the venom of cobras within him.

    15He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God drives it out of his stomach.

    16He will suck the venom of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.

  • Job 20:11
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    11The youthful vigor that filled his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

  • Ps 36:2-4
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    2An oracle of transgression speaks to the wicked within his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.

    3For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

    4The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; he has stopped being wise and doing good.

  • Prov 20:17
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    17Food gained by deceit is sweet to a person, but afterward their mouth is full of gravel.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19You let your mouth speak evil, and your tongue devises deceit.

  • Rom 3:13-14
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    13"Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit." "The venom of vipers is under their lips."

    14Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Who is the person who desires life and loves many days to see good?

  • Job 6:30
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    30Is there injustice on my tongue? Can my palate not discern disaster?

  • Prov 26:26
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    26Though hatred is concealed by deceit, its wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

  • Prov 26:24
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    24An enemy disguises themselves with their lips, but in their heart, they harbor deceit.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9LORD, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way straight before me.

  • Prov 9:17
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    17Stolen water is sweet, and food eaten in secret is delicious.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12The wicked person plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.

  • Job 15:5
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    5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20A crooked heart will not find good, and the one with a deceitful tongue will fall into trouble.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

  • Ps 52:2
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    2When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, saying, 'David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.'

  • Prov 16:30
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    30The one who winks with his eyes is plotting perverse things, and the one who purses his lips is bent on evil.

  • Prov 23:8
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    8You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it is pleasant when you keep them within you; they will be ready on your lips all together.

  • Ps 52:4
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    4Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, you worker of deceit.

  • Prov 24:13
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    13Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10The wicked will see it and be angry; they will gnash their teeth and melt away. The desires of the wicked will perish.

  • Ps 59:12
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    12Do not kill them, Lord, or my people will forget. Scatter them by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

  • Prov 10:32
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    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversities.

  • Ps 55:21
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    21He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; he has violated his covenant.

  • Prov 16:27
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    27A worthless man plots evil, and his words are like a scorching fire.

  • 1 Pet 3:10
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    10For the one who wants to love life and to see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk of trouble.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

  • Prov 13:2
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    2From the fruit of their lips, people enjoy good things, but the appetite of the treacherous desires violence.

  • Prov 8:7
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    7For my mouth speaks truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

  • Job 20:20
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    20Because he knew no peace in his heart, he will not retain any of his treasures.

  • Job 20:26
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    26Total darkness is hidden for his treasures; a fire not kindled by man will consume him and devour what remains in his tent.

  • Prov 30:20
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    20This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats, wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

  • Prov 6:12
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    12A worthless person, a man of wickedness, walks with a corrupt mouth,

  • Prov 26:28
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    28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

  • Prov 12:22
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    22Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are His delight.

  • Prov 27:7
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    7A satisfied soul tramples on honey, but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Prov 12:12
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    12The wicked desire the plunder of evildoers, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

  • Prov 10:20
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    20The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

  • Job 24:20
    69%

    20The womb forgets them; worms feast upon them; they are no longer remembered. Wickedness is broken like a tree.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy is for those who counsel peace.