Job 20:14 · KJV
“{Yet} his meat in his bowels is turned, {it is} the gall of asps within him.”
— Job 20:14
{Though} he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: {within...: Heb. in the midst of his palate}
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
Job 20 — Context
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: {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.
16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
Cross References
Romans 3:13
Their throat {is} an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps {is} under their lips:
Psalms 51:8-9
Make me to hear joy and gladness; {that} the bones {which} thou hast broken may rejoice.
2 Samuel 11:2-5
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman {was} very beautiful to look upon.
Job 20:16
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
Psalms 38:1-8
[A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.] O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Malachi 2:2
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay {it} to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay {it} to heart.
Proverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Proverbs 23:29-35
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?