Job 20:13
Though he cherish it, and will not part with it, And keep it fast in his mouth,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
In Context
12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,
14Yet his meat shall be changed within him, And become to him the poison of asps.
Cross References
Mark 9:43And if thy hand cause thee to fall away, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having the two hands to go away into hell, into the fire that is unquenchable.
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 →