Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 26:23
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Berean Standard Bible
Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
King James Version
Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd covered with silver dross.
World English Bible
Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
American Standard Version
Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are [like] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 26
21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
24 A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
25 When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
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