Job 20:12-19

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¹² “Though wickedness is sweet in their mouth,
    though they hide it under their tongues,^(A)
13 though they are loath to let it go
    and hold it in their mouths,
¹⁴ yet their food is turned in their stomachs;
    it is the venom of asps within them.
¹⁵ They swallow down riches and vomit them up again;
    God casts them out of their bellies.
¹⁶ They will suck the poison of asps;
    the tongue of a viper will kill them.^(B)
17 They will not look on the rivers,
    the streams flowing with honey and curds.^(C)
18 They will give back the fruit of their toil
    and will not swallow it down;
from the profit of their trading
    they will get no enjoyment.^(D)
19 For they have crushed and abandoned the poor;
    they have seized a house that they did not build.^(E)