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Proverbs 26:23

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23tLike the uglaze2 covering an earthen vessel

are fervent lips with an evil heart.

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Footnotes

  1. 2By revocalization; Hebrew silver of dross

Cross references

  1. t[Matt. 23:27; Luke 11:39]
  2. uSee ch. 25:4

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware

are fervent lips with an evil heart.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Smooth lips with an evil heart

are like glaze on an earthen vessel.

NLTNew Living Translation

Smooth words may hide a wicked heart,

just as a pretty glaze covers a clay pot.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Like impure silver which overlays an earthen vessel,

so are smooth lips and an evil heart.

KJV 1900King James Version

Burning lips and a wicked heart

Are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.