Proverbs 26:24
He who hates masquerades with his lips, but he lays up deceit within him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
In Context
23Fervent lips and a wicked heart are an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
25When he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Cross References
Genesis 34:13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
2 Samuel 13:26Then Absalom said, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee?
2 Samuel 20:9And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
Psalms 12:3LORD will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks great things,
Psalms 41:6And if he comes to see [me], he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
Proverbs 11:1A FALSE balance is an abomination to LORD, but a just weight is his delight.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:24
23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. This may be meant either, 1. Of a wicked heart showing itself in burning lips, furious, passionate, outrageous words, burning in malice, and persecuting those to whom, or of whom, they are spoken; ill words and ill-will agree as well together as a potsherd and the dross of silver, which, now that the pot is broken and the dross separated from the silver, are fit to be thrown together to the dunghill. 2. Or of a wicked heart… Read the whole commentary →