“Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.”
Proverbs 26:23 (KJV) |
Proverbs 26:23
From Proverbs 26, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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21
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
22
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
23
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
24
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
25
When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.