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12 “Though evil is sweet in his mouth,
    and he hides it under his tongue,
13 though he spares it and does not forsake it,
    but keeps it in his mouth,
14 yet his food in his stomach turns sour;
    it becomes the venom of cobras within him.
15 He has swallowed down riches,
    and he will vomit them up again;
    God will cast them out of his belly.
16 He will suck the poison of cobras;
    the viper’s tongue will slay him.
17 He will not see the streams, the rivers,
    the brooks of honey and butter.
18 He will give back the produce of labor and will not swallow it down.
    According to his wealth the restitution will be, and he will not rejoice in it;
19 because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor.
    He has violently taken away a house that he did not build.

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12 “Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,

13 though he spare it and forsake it not, but keep it still within his mouth,

14 yet his meat in his stomach is turned; it is the gall of asps within him.

15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly.

16 He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper’s tongue shall slay him.

17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor, because he hath violently taken away a house which he built not,

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