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Proverbs 26:23

As if thou wolt ourne a vessel of erthe with foul siluer; so ben bolnynge lippis felouschipid with `the werste herte.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

In Context

22The wordis of a pryuei bacbitere ben as symple; and tho comen til to the ynneste thingis of the herte.

24An enemy is vndirstondun bi hise lippis, whanne he tretith giles in the herte.

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Cross References

Proverbs 10:18False lippis hiden hatrede; he that bringith forth dispisinge is vnwijs.

Proverbs 25:4Do thou a wei rust fro siluer, and a ful cleene vessel schal go out.

Ezekiel 33:31and thei comen to thee, as if my puple entrith, and my puple sitten bifore thee, and thei heren thi wordis, and doon not tho; for thei turnen tho in to the song of her mouth, and her herte sueth her auerice;

Luke 11:39And the Lord seide to hym, Now ye Farisees clensen that that is with outenforth of the cuppe and the plater; but that thing that is with ynne of you, is ful of raueyn and wickidnesse.

This Verse In Other Editions

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