Job 20:12
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12 “Though wickedness is sweet in their mouth,
though they hide it under their tongues,(A)
Psalm 10:7
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7 Their mouths are filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
under their tongues are mischief and iniquity.(A)
Job 15:16
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16 how much less one who is abominable and corrupt,
one who drinks iniquity like water!(A)
Ecclesiastes 11:9
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9 Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.(A)
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Proverbs 20:17
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17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet,
but afterward the mouth will be full of gravel.(A)
Proverbs 9:17-18
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17 “Stolen water is sweet,
and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”(A)
18 But they do not know that the dead[a] are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.(B)
Footnotes
- 9.18 Heb shades
Psalm 109:17-18
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17 He loved to curse; let curses come on him.
He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.(A)
18 He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it soak into his body like water,
like oil into his bones.(B)
Genesis 3:6
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6 So when 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 of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.(A)
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