Proverbs 26:23 - Revised Standard Version CI

²³ Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.

More versions

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthen vessel adorned with silver dross.

Proverbs 26:23 Cross References

Proverbs 10:18

He who conceals hatred has lying lips, and he who utters slander is a fool.

Proverbs 23:7

for he is like one who is inwardly reckoning. “Eat and drink!” he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 25:4

Take away the dross from the silver, and the smith has material for a vessel;

Proverbs 26:25

when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart;

Proverbs 27:6

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with their lips they show much love, but their heart is set on their gain.

Matthew 23:27

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.

Luke 11:39

And the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of extortion and wickedness.