Proverbs 26:23
Fervent sfatayim (lips) and a lev rah 1 are like earthenware covered with silver dross. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
In Context
24He that hateth disguises it with his sfatayim (lips), 1 and within harboreth mirmah (deceit); 1
Cross References
Proverbs 10:18He that hideth sin'ah with sfatayim sheker, 1 and he that uttereth a slander, is a kesil (fool). 1
Proverbs 25:4Take away the dross from the kesef, 1 and there shall come forth a vessel for the tzoref (silversmith); 1
Ezekiel 33:31And they come unto thee as Am cometh, and they sit before thee as Ami, and they hear thy devarim, but they will not practice them; for with their mouth there is agavim (lusts), but their lev pursueth after their betza (unjust gain).
Luke 11:39But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu said to him, Now you Perushim wash the outside of the kos and the dish you clean, but the inside of you is full of gezel (robbery) and resha.
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 →