Proverbs 26:23
21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
24 A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
25 When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
- KJV
- Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
- WEB
- Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
- ASV
- Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are [like] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
- DARBY
- Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are [as] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
- BLB
- Silver of dross laid over an earthen vessel [are] burning lips and a heart of evil.
- ÅB
- Lik et lerkar som er overdratt med bly-glette, er brennende lepper sammen med et ondt hjerte.
- OTB
- Som et leirkar belagt med sølvslagg er brennende lepper med et ondt hjerte.
- B1930
- Lik et lerkar som er overdratt med bly-glette, er brennende leber sammen med et ondt hjerte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 22:47–48
While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him.
Read in contextLuke 11:39
“Now then,” said the Lord, “you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
Read in contextProverbs 10:18
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
Read in contextMatthew 23:27
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
Read in contextEzekiel 33:31
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
Read in contextProverbs 25:4
Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.
Read in context2 Samuel 20:9–10
“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
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