Proverbs 26:23

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Cross References

Luke 11:39

And the Lord said to him: Now you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inside is full of rapine and iniquity.

Proverbs 10:18

Lying lips hide hatred: he that uttereth reproach is foolish.

Matthew 23:27

Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all filthiness.

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come to thee, as if a people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.

Proverbs 25:4

Take away the rust from silver, and there shall come forth a most pure vessel:

Proverbs 26:25

When he shall speak low, trust him not: because there are seven mischiefs in his heart.

Proverbs 23:7

Because like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not with thee.

Proverbs 27:6

Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.