Proverbs 26:23

New International Reader's Version

Warm words that come from an evil heart are like a shiny coating on a clay pot.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:18

Anyone who hides hatred with lying lips and spreads lies is foolish.

Proverbs 23:7

He is the kind of person who is always thinking about how much it costs. “Eat and drink,” he says to you. But he doesn’t mean it.

Proverbs 25:4

Remove the scum from the silver. Then the master worker can make something out of it.

Proverbs 26:25

Even though what they say can be charming, don’t believe them. That’s because seven things God hates fill that person’s heart.

Proverbs 27:6

Wounds from a friend can be trusted. But an enemy kisses you many times.

Ezekiel 33:31

My people come to you, just as they usually do. They sit in front of you. They hear what you say. But they do not put it into practice. With their mouths they say they love me. But in their hearts they want what belongs to others. They try to get rich by cheating them.

Matthew 23:27

“How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You pretenders! You are like tombs that are painted white. They look beautiful on the outside. But on the inside they are full of the bones of the dead. They are also full of other things that are not pure and ‘clean.’

Luke 11:39

Then the Lord spoke to him. “You Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish,” he said. “But inside you are full of greed and evil.