Proverbs 26:23
Dross silver overlaid upon earthenware, so are burning lips, with a mischievous heart:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
In Context
22the words of a tattler, are dainties, they, therefore go down into the chambers of the inner man.
24With his lips, the hater dissembleth, but, within himself, he layeth up deceit:
Cross References
Proverbs 10:18He that concealeth hatred, hath false lips, and he that sendeth forth slander, the same, is a dullard.
Proverbs 25:4Remove the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth, to the refiner, a vessel:
Ezekiel 33:31That they may come unto thee as people do come And may sit before thee as my people, And they will hear thy words, But, the words themselves, will they not do,— though fond with their mouths, they seem to be, After their unjust gain, their heart is going.
Luke 11:39And the Lord said unto him: Now, ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the tray, do make pure; but, your inward part, is full of plunder and wickedness.
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 →