Job 20:12-13 | MHM | STEP | v. 12-13 : The wicked enjoy their sinful pleasures for a short time. Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue... yet he spares it, and does not forsake it (Job 20:12-13 ). He tries to keep his favorite sin close and refuses to give it up, enjoying it in secret and remembering it with pleasure, even when he should let it go (Ezekiel 23:19 ).

‏ Job 20:12-13

v. 12-13: The wicked enjoy their sinful pleasures for a short time. Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue... yet he spares it, and does not forsake it (Job 20:12-13 ^a). He tries to keep his favorite sin close and refuses to give it up, enjoying it in secret and remembering it with pleasure, even when he should let it go (Ezekiel 23:19 ^b).

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