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Job 20:12 King James Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
be--"taste sweet." Sin's fascination is like poison sweet to the taste, but at last deadly to the vital organs (Pro 20:17; Job 9:17-18).

hide . . . tongue--seek to prolong the enjoyment by keeping the sweet morsel long in the mouth (so Job 20:13).
 
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13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: