Proverbs 26:23
כֶּסֶף סִיגִים מְצֻפֶּה עַל ־ חָרֶשׂ שְׂפָתַיִם דֹּלְקִים וְלֶב ־ רָֽע ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
In Context
22דִּבְרֵי נִרְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִים וְהֵם יָרְדוּ חַדְרֵי ־ בָֽטֶן ׃
24בשפתו יִנָּכֵר שׂוֹנֵא וּבְקִרְבּוֹ יָשִׁית מִרְמָֽה ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 10:18מְכַסֶּה שִׂנְאָה שִׂפְתֵי ־ שָׁקֶר וּמוֹצִא דִבָּה הוּא כְסִֽיל ׃
Proverbs 25:4הָגוֹ סִיגִים מִכָּסֶף וַיֵּצֵא לַצֹּרֵף כֶּֽלִי ׃
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 →