Proverbs 26:23

The Passion Translation

Smooth talk can hide a corrupt heart just like a pretty glaze covers a cheap clay pot.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:18

The one who hides his hatred while pretending to be your friend is nothing but a liar. But the one who slanders you behind your back proves that he’s a fool, never to be trusted.

Proverbs 23:7

For as he thinks within himself, so is he. He will grudgingly say, “Go ahead and eat all you want,” but in his heart he resents the fact that he has to pay for your meal.

Proverbs 25:4

If you burn away the impurities from silver, a sterling vessel will emerge from the fire.

Proverbs 26:25

So don’t be drawn in by the hypocrite, for his gracious speech is a charade, nothing but a masquerade covering his hatred and evil on parade.

Proverbs 27:6

You can trust a friend who wounds you with his honesty, but your enemy’s pretended flattery comes from insincerity.

Ezekiel 33:31

They all flock to you to sit at your feet as my people. They listen to your words, but they will not act on them. Instead, they express genuine devotion to Yahweh, but their hearts are set on cheating others.

Matthew 23:27

“Great sorrow awaits you religious scholars and Pharisees—frauds and imposters! You are nothing more than tombs painted over with white paint—tombs that look shining and beautiful on the outside but filled with rotting corpses on the inside.

Luke 11:39

The Lord said, “You Pharisees are like those who will wipe clean only the outside of a cup or bowl, leaving the inside filthy.