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


In Context

20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no tale-bearer, 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 tale-bearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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

24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:23Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.

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 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.