Proverbs 26:23
As if thou wouldest adorn a vessel of earth, ( that is, a cheap pot made out of clay), with the dross of silver, so be swelling lips fellowshipped with a full wicked heart.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 10:18False lips hide hatred; he that bringeth forth despising is unwise.
Proverbs 25:4Do thou away rust from silver, and a full clean vessel shall go out.
Ezekiel 33:31and they come to thee, as if my people entereth, and my people sit before thee, and they hear thy words, and do not those; for they turn those into the song of their mouth, and their heart followeth their avarice; (and my people come to thee, like any people entereth, and they sit before thee, and they hear thy words, but they do not do them; they turn them into the song of their mouths, but their hearts follow after their greed;)
Luke 11:39And the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees cleanse that that is withoutforth of the cup and the platter; but that thing that is within of you [or but that thing of you that is within], is full of raven 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 →