Job 20:13 · KJV
“{Though} he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: {within...: Heb. in the midst of his palate}”
— Job 20:13
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, {though} he hide it under his tongue;
{Yet} his meat in his bowels is turned, {it is} the gall of asps within him.
Job 20 — Context
His bones are full {of the sin} of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
12Though 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: {within...: Heb. in the midst of his palate}
14{Yet} his meat in his bowels is turned, {it is} the gall of asps within him.
15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
Cross References
Mark 9:43-49
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: {offend...: or, cause thee to offend}
Matthew 5:29-30
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast {it} from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not {that} thy whole body should be cast into hell. {offend...: or, do cause thee to offend}
Romans 8:13
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Numbers 11:18-20
And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for {it was} well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.