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12 Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth,
    though he conceals it under his tongue,
13 though he savors it and delays swallowing it
    so he can taste it again and again in his mouth,[a]
14 his food will turn rancid in his stomach—
    it will become a cobra’s poison inside him.

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  1. Job 20:13 Lit. can hold it in the middle of his palate