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Proverbs 26:23
Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are [as] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
Proverbs 26:23 · Darby Bible
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Proverbs 26:23 in other translations
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
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In context
20 Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no talebearer, the contention ceaseth.
21 [As] coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
22 The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
23 Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are [as] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:
25 when his voice is gracious, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
26 Though [his] hatred is covered by dissimulation, his wickedness shall be made manifest in the congregation.
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