A person who hides his hate might be telling a lie. But only a fool tries to find gossip he can spread.
Proverbs 26:23 - Easy To Read Version Good words that hide an evil plan is like silver paint over a cheap, clay pot. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Burning lips and a wicked heart Are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross. Common English Bible Smooth lips and an evil heart are like silver coating on clay. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthen vessel adorned with silver dross. |
A person who hides his hate might be telling a lie. But only a fool tries to find gossip he can spread.
He is the kind of man who is always thinking about the cost. He might say to you, “Eat and drink.” But that is not really what he wants.
If you take the worthless things from silver and make it pure, then a worker can make beautiful things.
The things he says might seem good. But don’t trust him. His heart is full of evil ideas.
A friend might hurt you sometimes, but he does not want to do this. An enemy is different. Even when an enemy is kind to you, he wants to hurt you.
So they come to you like they are my people. They sit in front of you like they are my people. They hear your words. But they won’t do the things you say. They only want to do what feels good. They only want to cheat people and make more money.
“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. {\cf2\super [347]} You are hypocrites. {\cf2\super [348]} You are like tombs {\cf2\super [349]} that are painted white. The outside of those tombs looks fine. But inside, the tombs are full of the bones of dead people. And all kinds of unclean things are inside there.
The Lord (Jesus) said to him, “You Pharisees \{think that washing the outside of the body is so important. That’s like\} cleaning only the outside of a cup or a dish! \{The inside is more important.\} And what is inside you? You want only to cheat and hurt people.