Job 20:12

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you 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 into judgment.

Job 15:16

How much more abhorred and corrupt is man, who drinks iniquity like water!

Proverbs 20:17

The bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward is his mouth filled with gravel.

Genesis 3:6

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasing to the eyes and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

2 Samuel 11:12

So David said to Uriah, “Remain here another day, and I will send you back tomorrow.” Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the following day.

Proverbs 19:28

A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backslidings will reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter for you to have forsaken the Lord your God, and the fear of Me is not in you, says the Lord God of Hosts.