Proverbs 26:23 - The Scriptures 1998

²³ Burning lips with an evil heart Are like earthenware covered with silver dross.

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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

He who hides hatred has lying lips, And he who sends out a slander is a fool.

Proverbs 23:7

For as he reckons in his life, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, But his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 25:4

Take away the dross from silver, And a vessel comes forth for the refiner.

Proverbs 26:25

Though he speaks kindly, do not believe him, For there are seven abominations in his heart.

Proverbs 27:6

The wounds of a friend are true, But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

Ezekiel 33:31

“And they come to you as people do, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love – their hearts pursue their greedy gain.

Matthew 23:27

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you are like whitewashed tombs which outwardly indeed look well, but inside are filled with dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.

Luke 11:39

And the Master said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but your inward part is filled with greed and wickedness.