Proverbs 26:23 - Tree of Life Version

²³ Like silver glaze overlaying earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 10:18

One who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

Proverbs 23:7

For as he thinks within himself, so is he. “Eat and drink”, he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 25:4

Remove impurities from silver and out comes material for the refiner.

Proverbs 26:25

When he speaks favorably, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Proverbs 27:6

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but excessive the kisses of an enemy.

Ezekiel 33:31

So they come to you, as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words—but they do not do them—for with their mouth they express doting love, but their heart goes after their own dishonest gain.

Matthew 23:27

“Woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean.

Luke 11:39

But the Lord said to him, “You Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.