“Though evil is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue,
His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks injustice like water!
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.” But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him! He clothed himself with cursing as his coat; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones!
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
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