KJV King James Version
Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd covered with silver dross.
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Proverbs 26:23
Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
WEB World English Bible
Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
ASV American Standard Version
Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Silver of dross spread over potsherd, Are burning lips and an evil heart.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 26
20 Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
21 [As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.
22 The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
23 Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd covered with silver dross.
24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart.
26 [Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.
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Luke 22:47-48And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.Luke 11:39And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.Proverbs 10:18He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.Ezekiel 33:31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their covetousness.Matthew 23:27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men’s] bones, and of all uncleanness.Proverbs 25:4Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.2 Samuel 20:9-10And Joab said to Amasa, [Art] thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
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