23Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.


In Context

20 Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.

21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts.

23 Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.

24 A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but in his heart he harbors deceit.

25 Though his speech is charming, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.

Proverbs 26:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:23Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd covered with silver dross.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:23Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthen vessel adorned with silver dross.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:23Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:23Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are as an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:23Fervent lips and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:23Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:23Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:23Silver of dross spread over potsherd, Are burning lips and an evil heart.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:23Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.