Proverbs 26:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 11:39 : 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 22:47-48 : 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. 48 But Jesus said unto him, ‹Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?›
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Joab said to Amasa, [Art] thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. 10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that [was] in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth [rib], and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 ¶ He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.
  • Prov 25:4 : 4 ¶ Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 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 after their covetousness.
  • Matt 23:27 : 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.›

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    24¶ He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

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    26[Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.

  • Prov 26:21-22
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    21[As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.

    22The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

  • Prov 16:27
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    27¶ An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.

  • Prov 17:3-4
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    3¶ The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

    4¶ A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

  • Prov 10:20
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    20¶ The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Prov 26:28
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    28¶ A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

  • Prov 25:4
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    4¶ Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18¶ He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Prov 6:18
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    18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

  • Prov 27:6
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    6Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.

    3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:

  • Prov 18:7-8
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    7A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.

    8¶ The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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    7¶ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.

  • Ps 140:3
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    3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah.

  • Prov 12:22
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    22¶ Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.

  • Prov 5:3
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    3For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:

  • Prov 10:32
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    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.

  • Prov 25:11
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    11¶ A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20¶ He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

  • Rom 3:13-14
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    13Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:

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    21[The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war [was] in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet [were] they drawn swords.

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    29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

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    6And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

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    18¶ As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

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    13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

  • Prov 16:30
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    30He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.

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    21¶ [As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.

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    11Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and [that] the filthiness of it may be molten in it, [that] the scum of it may be consumed.

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    2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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    7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.

  • Isa 1:22
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    22Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

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    9For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

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    3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] spake I with my tongue,

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    22As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.

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    26¶ The thoughts of the wicked [are] an abomination to the LORD: but [the words] of the pure [are] pleasant words.

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    14Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.