Proverbs 26:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²³ Smooth  lips with an evil heart are like glaze on an earthen vessel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Burning lips and a wicked heart Are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Burning lips [uttering insincere words of love] and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel covered with the scum thrown off from molten silver [making it appear to be solid silver].

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

Common English Bible

²³ Smooth lips and an evil heart are like silver coating on clay.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ In the same manner as an earthen vessel, if it were adorned with impure silver, conceited lips are allied with a wicked heart.

Proverbs 26:23 Cross References

Proverbs 10:18

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

Proverbs 23:7

for it’s like someone calculating inwardly.  , ‘Eat and drink,’ he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 25:4

Remove impurities from silver, and material will be produced  for a silversmith.  ,

Proverbs 26:25

When he speaks graciously, don’t believe him, for there are seven detestable things in his heart.

Proverbs 27:6

The wounds of a friend are trustworthy, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.

Ezekiel 33:31

So my people come to you in crowds,  sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Their mouths go on passionately, but their hearts pursue dishonest profit.

Matthew 23:27

‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs,   which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of impurity.

Luke 11:39

But the Lord said to him, ‘Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed   and evil.