Proverbs 26:23
As siluer drosse ouerlayde vpon a potsheard, so are burning lips, and an euill heart.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
In Context
22The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.
24He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:18He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.
Proverbs 25:4Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shall proceede a vessell for the finer.
Ezekiel 33:31For they come vnto thee, as the people vseth to come: and my people sit before thee, and heare thy wordes, but they will not doe them: for with their mouthes they make iestes, and their heart goeth after their couetousnesse.
Luke 11:39And the Lord saide to him, In deede yee Pharises make cleane the outside of the cuppe, and of the platter: but the inwarde part is full of rauening and wickednesse.
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 →