OLD TESTAMENT

Job 20:12

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“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,

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Verse 12. Evil of any king, and particularly ( Bible.) injustice, which at first seems sweet, but will prove in the end a mortal poison. Calmet.—The unjust will be forced to restore his ill-gotten goods, or suffer eternally for the neglect, verse 14, 18. Bible.—Habitual sins are also overcome with most difficulty, verse 11. Menochius.

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