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Proverbs 26:23

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

KJV

Quomodo si argento sordido ornare velis vas fictile, sic labia tumentia cum pessimo corde sociata.

Vulgate

ἀργύριον διδόμενον μετὰ δόλου ὥσπερ ὄστρακον ἡγητέον· ⸂⸆⸃ χείλη λεῖα καρδίαν καλύπτει λυπηράν.

LXX

Fervent lips and a wicked heart Arelikean earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

ASV

כֶּ֣סֶף סִ֭יגִים מְצֻפֶּ֣ה עַל חָ֑רֶשׂ שְׂפָתַ֖יִם דֹּלְקִ֣ים וְ/לֶב רָֽע

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דְּלֹ֖ק
dlq
verb · 9×
חָ֑רֶשׂ
chrsh
noun · 17×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
noun · 177×
יְצַ֥ף
ytsp
verb · 47×
כֶּ֣סֶף
ksp
noun · 402×
סוג
svg
noun · 9×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 11:27 — And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
  • Eccl 7:9 — Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
  • Ezek 33:31 — And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth
  • Gen 31:27 — Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
  • Luke 11:39 — And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
  • Luke 22:47 — And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
  • Matt 23:27 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
  • Prov 10:18 — He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
  • Prov 25:4 — Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
  • Prov 27:6 — Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
  • Ps 28:3 — Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.