Proverbs 26:23
Silver of dross spread over potsherd, || [Are] burning lips and an evil heart.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
In Context
24A hater pretends by his lips, || And he places deceit in his heart,
Cross References
Proverbs 10:18Whoever is covering hatred with lying lips, || And whoever is bringing out an evil report is a fool.
Proverbs 25:4Take away dross from silver, || And a vessel goes forth for the refiner,
Ezekiel 33:31And they come in to you as the coming in of a people, || And they sit before you—My people, || And have heard your words, and they do not do them, || For they are making unhealthy loves with their mouth, || Their heart is going after their dishonest gain.
Luke 11:39And the LORD said to him, “Now you, the Pharisees, make the outside of the cup and of the plate clean, but your inward part is full of robbery and wickedness.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:21-23
20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. 21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. 22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Contention is as a fire; it heats the spirit, burns up all that is good, and puts families and societies into a flame. Now here we are told how that fire is commonly kindled and kept burning, that we may avoid the occasions… Read the whole commentary →