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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 26) Proverbs 26:23 KJV
"Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross."
Proverbs Chapter 26, Verse 23
Proverbs 26:23 in Context (Verses 20–26 KJV)
20
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, 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 talebearer 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.*
26
Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.*