Job 20:12 Cross References - WEB

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

⁶ 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 some of its fruit, and ate. Then she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.

¹⁶ how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!

⁷ His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

¹⁷ Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him. ¹⁸ He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.

¹⁷ “Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.” ¹⁸ But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

¹⁷ Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

⁹ Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.