Proverbs 26:23
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Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthern vessel adorned with silver dross.

Proverbs 10:18 In the multitude of words there shall not want sin: but he that refraineth his lips, is most wise.

2 Samuel 20:9,10 And Joab said to Amasa: God save thee, my brother. And he took Amasa by the chin with his right hand to kiss him. . . .

Ezekiel 33:31 And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.

Luke 22:47,48 As he was yet speaking, behold a multitude; and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near to Jesus, for to kiss him. . . .

Context
Similitudes and Instructions
22The words of a talebearer are as it were simple, but they reach to the innermost parts of the belly. 23Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthern vessel adorned with silver dross.24An enemy is known by his lips, when in his heart he entertaineth deceit.…
Cross References
Matthew 23:27
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful but within are full of dead men's bones and of all filthiness.

Luke 11:39
And the Lord said to him: Now you, Pharisees, make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter: but your inside is full of rapine and iniquity.

Proverbs 25:4
Take away the rust from silver, and there shall come forth a most pure vessel:

Proverbs 26:25
When he shall speak low, trust him not: because there are seven mischiefs in his heart.

Lexicon
Like glaze
כֶּ֣סֶף (ke·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3701: Silver, money

covering
מְצֻפֶּ֣ה (mə·ṣup·peh)
Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6823: To lay out, lay over

an earthen vessel
חָ֑רֶשׂ (ḥā·reś)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2789: Earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd

are burning
דֹּלְקִ֣ים (dō·lə·qîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1814: To burn, hotly pursue

lips
שְׂפָתַ֖יִם (śə·p̄ā·ṯa·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's Hebrew 8193: The lip, language, a margin

and a wicked
רָֽע׃ (rā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

heart.
וְלֶב־ (wə·leḇ-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre


Additional Translations
Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

Silver dishonestly given is to be considered as a potsherd: smooth lips cover a grievous heart.

Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are [as] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

Fervent lips and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

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.

Silver of dross spread over potsherd, Are burning lips and an evil heart.
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