Proverbs 26:23
Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
Note Hebrew; LXX smooth
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Proverbs 26:23
- That is, ardent professions of friendship from a wicked heart, however smooth, shining, and splendid they may appear, are like a vile vessel covered over with base metal.
- Proverbs 10:18; 2 Samuel 20:9, 10; Ezekiel 33:31; Luke 22:47, 48