Proverbs 26:23
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
In context
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.
Proverbs 26:23 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
- KJV King James Version
- Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
- WEB World English Bible
- Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Silver of dross spread over potsherd, [Are] burning lips and an evil heart.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are [as] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.