The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
Job 20:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue, American Standard Version (1901) Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue, Common English Bible Though wickedness is sweet in their mouths, they hide it under their tongues; Catholic Public Domain Version For, when evil will be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue. |
The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
‘Stay here today also,’ David said to Uriah, ‘and tomorrow I will send you back.’ So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.
how much less one who is revolting and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
A worthless witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.
Food gained by fraud is sweet to a person, but afterwards his mouth is full of gravel.
Rejoice, young person, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the desire of your eyes; but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgement.
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Recognise how evil and bitter it is for you to abandon the Lord your God and to have no fear of me. This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies.