Job 20:11
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
King James Version
In Context
10His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
Cross References
Job 13:26For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Job 19:20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Psalms 25:7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Ezekiel 24:13In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
John 8:21Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
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 →