Holy Scripture
Job 20:12
A church father on this verse
“Ver. 12. For when wickedness shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue. 13. 'Wickedness is sweet in the mouth' of the hypocrite, in that evil tastes sweet to him in the thought. For 'the mouth' of the heart is the thought, whereof it is written; Deceitful lips spake evil in a double heart. [Ps. 12,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
12Though evil be sweet in his mouth, Though he will hide it under his tongue;
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10Let his inferiors destroy his children, And let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow.
11His bones have been filled with vigor of his youth, And it shall lie down with him in the dust.
— Job 20:12 —
13Though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, But will keep it in the midst of his throat:
14Yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; The gall of an asp is in his belly.