Proverbs 26:24
He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
In Context
23As siluer drosse ouerlayde vpon a potsheard, so are burning lips, and an euill heart.
25Though he speake fauourably, beleeue him not: for there are seuen abominations in his heart.
Cross References
Genesis 34:13Then the sonnes of Iaakob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, talking deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
2 Samuel 13:26Then sayd Absalom, But, I pray thee, shall not my brother Amnon goe with vs? And the king answered him, Why should he go with thee?
2 Samuel 20:9And Ioab sayde to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? and Ioab tooke Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kisse him.
Psalms 12:3The Lord cut off all flattering lippes, and the tongue that speaketh proude things:
Psalms 41:6And if hee come to see mee, hee speaketh lies, but his heart heapeth iniquitie within him, and when he commeth foorth, he telleth it.
Proverbs 11:1False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.
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 →