Proverbs 26:24
One who hates others disguises his feelings with his lips 1 and he lays up deceit within himself. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
In Context
23Like the glaze overlaying an earthen vessel 1 so are burning lips and an evil heart. 1
25He will speak graciously, but do not believe him, 1 for there are seven abominations in his heart. 1
Cross References
Genesis 34:13The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, because Shechem had defiled Dinah their sister.
2 Samuel 13:26Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” So the king said to him, “Why should Amnon go with you?”
2 Samuel 20:9So Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my cousin?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
Psalms 12:3Yahweh, cut off all flattering lips, 1 every tongue declaring great things. 1
Psalms 41:6If my enemy comes to see me, he says worthless things; 1 his heart gathers up my disaster for itself; 1 when he goes away from me, he tells others about it. 1
Proverbs 11:1Yahweh hates scales that are not accurate, 1 but he delights in a precise weight. 1
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 →