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Job 20:12

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Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;

Though wickedness {H7451} be sweet {H4985} in his mouth {H6310}, though he hide {H3582} it under his tongue {H3956};

"Wickedness may taste sweet in his mouth, he may savor and roll it around on his tongue,

Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 10:7 (5 votes)

    His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.

  • Ecclesiastes 11:9 (4 votes)

    Rejoice, 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.

  • Job 15:16 (4 votes)

    How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

  • Psalms 109:17 (3 votes)

    As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

  • Psalms 109:18 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Proverbs 20:17 (3 votes)

    ¶ Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

  • Proverbs 9:17 (3 votes)

    Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.