Job 20:14
yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.
BSB
ASV
Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.
KJV
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
FRAGMENTS ON JOB 14.41 (253)
They have theories that are not sweet but as the gall of asps, that is, evil; and those theories come from the wine of their doctrine. "For their wine comes from the vine of Sodom." The gall of asps is in the belly of the heretics and those who declare impious dogmas contrary to truth.
Turned - From sweet to bitter. Gall of asps - Exceeding bitter and pernicious. Gall is most bitter; the gall of serpents is full of poison; and the poison of asps is most dangerous and within a few hours kills without remedy.
Yet his meat - His food. In his bowels is turned - That is, it is as if he had taken food which was exceedingly pleasant, and had retained it in his mouth as long as possible, that he might enjoy it, but when he swallowed it, it became bitter and offensive; compare Rev 10:9-10. Sin may be pleasant when it is committed, but its consequences will be bitter. It is the gall of asps - On the meaning of the word here rendered “asps” (פתן pethen), see the notes at Isa 11:
The walk8
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Romans 3:13“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
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For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
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Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
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The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
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Jeremiah 2:19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear…
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The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
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