Job 20:16
They suck in snake venom; the bite of the viper will kill them.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
In Context
15They swallow wealth and vomit it up again; God forces it from their stomachs.
17They will not live to enjoy the streams, the rivers of milk and honey.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:17If you're kind, you'll be rewarded; but if you're cruel, you'll hurt yourself.
Matthew 3:7But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to be baptized, he said to them, “You vipers' brood! Who warned you to run away from the coming judgment?
Romans 3:13Their throats are like an open grave; their tongues spread deceit; their lips ooze with the venom of snakes.
Matthew Henry on Job 20:11-23
Misery of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. 11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. 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 bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again:… Read the whole commentary →