Job 20:12

WEB

¹²“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,

KJV

¹²Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

BSB

¹²Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,

FBV

¹²Though ^[+] evil tastes sweet in their mouths and they hide it under their tongues,

Extra References

Job 15:16

¹⁶how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!

Psalms 10:7

⁷His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

⁹Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and 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 into judgment.

Proverbs 9:17-18

¹⁷“Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.” ¹⁸But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Proverbs 20:17

¹⁷Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

Psalms 109:17-18

¹⁷Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him. ¹⁸He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.

Genesis 3:6

⁶When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate. Then she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.