SinaiProverbs 26:23
American Standard Version
Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
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Proverbs 26:23 in other translations
Like silver dross on an earthen vessel
are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
Proverbs 26:23 in context
- 21As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
- 22The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
- 23Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
- 24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:
- 25When he speaketh fair, believe him not; For there are seven abominations in his heart: