Proverbs 26:23
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.
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.
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
And 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.
Read in contextLuke 11:39
And 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.
Read in contextProverbs 10:18
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Read in contextMatthew 23:27
Woe 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.
Read in contextEzekiel 33:31
And 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.
Read in contextProverbs 25:4
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
Read in context2 Samuel 20:9–10
And 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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