Proverbs 26:24
An enemie wyll dissemble with his lippes, and layeth vp deceipt in his heart.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
In Context
23Burning lippes and a wicked heart, are like a potsharde couered with siluer drosse.
25But when he speaketh fayre, beleue hym not: for there are seuen abhominations in his heart.
Cross References
Genesis 34:13But the sonnes of Iacob aunswered to Sichem and Hemor his father, talking amongest themselues deceiptfully, because he had defiled Diua their sister.
Proverbs 11:1A false ballaunce is an abomination vnto the Lorde: but a true wayght pleaseth him.
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 →