Job 20:12
New Living Translation
12 “They enjoyed the sweet taste of wickedness,
letting it melt under their tongue.
Psalm 10:7
New Living Translation
7 Their mouths are full of cursing, lies, and threats.[a]
Trouble and evil are on the tips of their tongues.
Job 15:16
New Living Translation
16 How much less pure is a corrupt and sinful person
with a thirst for wickedness!
Ecclesiastes 11:9
New Living Translation
9 Young people,[a] it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do.
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- 11:9 Hebrew Young man.
Proverbs 20:17
New Living Translation
17 Stolen bread tastes sweet,
but it turns to gravel in the mouth.
Proverbs 9:17-18
New Living Translation
17 “Stolen water is refreshing;
food eaten in secret tastes the best!”
18 But little do they know that the dead are there.
Her guests are in the depths of the grave.[a]
Footnotes
- 9:18 Hebrew in Sheol.
Psalm 109:17-18
New Living Translation
17 He loved to curse others;
now you curse him.
He never blessed others;
now don’t you bless him.
18 Cursing is as natural to him as his clothing,
or the water he drinks,
or the rich food he eats.
Genesis 3:6
New Living Translation
6 The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.
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