Proverbs 26:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Burning lippes and a wicked heart, are like a potsharde couered with siluer drosse.

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  • Luke 11:39 : 39 And the Lorde said vnto him: Now do ye pharisees make cleane the outsyde of the cuppe, and the platter, but the inward part is full of your rauenyng and wickednesse.
  • Luke 22:47-48 : 47 Whyle he yet spake, behold there came a company, and he that was called Iudas, one of the twelue, went before the, & preassed nye vnto Iesus to kisse hym. 48 But Iesus sayde vnto hym: Iudas, betrayest thou the sonne of man with a kisse?
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Ioab saide to Amasa: Art thou in health my brother? And Ioab toke Amasa by ye beard with the right hand, to kisse him. 10 But Amasa toke no heede to the sword that was in Ioabs hand: for therewith he smote him in the fyst rybbe & shed out his bowels to the grounde, and thrust at him no more, & he dyed: So Ioab and Abisai his brother folowed after Seba the sonne of Bichri.
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.
  • Prov 25:4 : 4 Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shalbe a vessell for the siner.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 They come vnto thee as the people vseth to come, and my people syt before thee, and heare thy wordes, but they do not therafter: for in their mouthes they make a iest of them, and their heart goeth after their couetousnes.
  • Matt 23:27 : 27 Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites: for ye are lyke vnto paynted sepulchres, which in dede appeare beautifull outwarde, but are within full of dead mens bones, and of all fylthynes.

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  • Prov 26:24-26
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    79%

    24An enemie wyll dissemble with his lippes, and layeth vp deceipt in his heart.

    25But when he speaketh fayre, beleue hym not: for there are seuen abhominations in his heart.

    26Hatred maye be couered by deceipt: but the malice therof shalbe shewed before the whole congregation.

  • Prov 26:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21As coles kindle heate, and wood the fire: euen so doth a brawling felowe stirre vp variaunce.

    22A talebearers wordes are lyke men that strike with hammers, and they pearse the inwarde partes of the body.

  • Prov 16:27
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    27An vngodly person stirreth vp euyll, and in his lippes he is as an hotte burnyng fyre.

  • Prov 17:3-4
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    3As siluer is tryed in the fire, and golde in the furnace: so doth the Lorde proue the heartes.

    4A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.

  • Prov 10:20
    74%

    20The tongue of the iust man is as tried siluer: but the heart of the vngodly is a thyng of naught.

  • Prov 24:2
    73%

    2For their heart imagineth to do hurt, and their lippes talke mischiefe.

  • Prov 26:28
    72%

    28A lying tongue hateth the afflicted: and a flattering mouth worketh mischiefe.

  • Prov 25:4
    71%

    4Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shalbe a vessell for the siner.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from thee a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee.

  • Prov 6:18
    70%

    18An heart that goeth about wicked imaginations, feete that be swyft in running to mischiefe,

  • Prov 27:6
    70%

    6Faythfull are the woundes of a louer: but the kysses of an enemie are cruell.

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    70%

    2Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour: and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes.

    3God wyll cut away all flatteryng lippes: and the tongue that speaketh great thinges.

  • Prov 18:7-8
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    70%

    7A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.

    8The wordes of a slaunderer are very woundes, and go through vnto the innermost partes of the body.

  • Prov 15:7
    70%

    7The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge: but the heart of the foolishe do not so.

  • Ps 140:3
    70%

    3They haue sharpened their tongue lyke a serpent: Adders poyson is vnder their lippes. Selah.

  • Prov 12:22
    70%

    22The Lorde abhorreth lying lippes: but they that deale truely please hym.

  • Prov 5:3
    70%

    3For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle:

  • Prov 10:32
    69%

    32The lippes of the ryghteous vtter that which is acceptable: but the mouth of the vngodly speaketh frowarde thynges.

  • Prov 25:11
    69%

    11A worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of siluer.

  • Prov 17:20
    69%

    20Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18Let the lying lippes be put to scilence: which speake against ye righteous greeuous thinges with disdaine & contempt.

  • Rom 3:13-14
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    69%

    13Their throte is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they haue deceaued, the poyso of aspes is vnder their lippes.

    14Whose mouth is full of cursyng and bytternesse.

  • Prov 20:15
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    15There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lippes of knowledge are a precious iewell.

  • Ps 55:21
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    21The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his wordes were smother then oyle, and yet be they very swordes.

  • Jer 6:29
    69%

    29The bellowes are brent in the fire, the leade is not moulten, the melter melteth in vayne, for the euill is not taken away from them.

  • Jas 3:6
    69%

    6And the tongue is fyre, euen a worlde of wickednesse. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fyre the course of nature, & it is set on fyre of hell.

  • Prov 26:18
    69%

    18As he that fayneth him selfe mad, casteth firebrandes, deadly arrowes and dartes:

  • Ps 34:13
    69%

    13Kepe thy tongue from euill: and thy lippes that they speake no guyle.

  • Prov 16:30
    69%

    30He shutteth his eyes to deuise mischiefe: and moueth his lippes to bryng euyll to passe.

  • Ps 10:7
    69%

    7His mouth is full of cursing, and of deceate, and of fraude: vnder his tongue is labour and mischiefe.

  • Prov 27:21
    69%

    21As is the fining pot for the siluer, and the furnace for golde: so is a man tryed by the mouth of him that prayseth him.

  • Ezek 24:11
    69%

    11Moreouer, I will set the pot emptie vpo the coales, so that the brasse thereof may be hot and burnt, and the filthynesse of it may be molten in it, and the scum of it shalbe consumed.

  • Ps 52:2
    68%

    2Thy tongue imagineth wickednes: and deceaueth like a sharpe raser.

  • Prov 8:7
    68%

    7For my mouth shall be talking of the trueth, and my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse.

  • Isa 1:22
    68%

    22Thy siluer is turned to drosse, and thy wine mixt with water.

  • Ps 5:9
    68%

    9For no trueth is in their mouth, their inwarde partes are very wickednesse: their throte is an open sepulchre, they flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 39:3
    68%

    3My heart was hotte within me, and whyle I was thus musyng the fire kyndled: and at the last I spake with my tongue.

  • Prov 16:23
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    23A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes.

  • Prov 25:23
    68%

    23The northwinde dryueth away the rayne: euen so doth an angry countenaunce a backbiters tongue.

  • Ezek 22:22
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    22Lyke as the siluer is molten in the furnace, so shall ye also be molten therin, that ye may knowe howe that I the Lord haue powred my wrath vpon you.

  • Prov 15:26
    68%

    26The Lorde abhorreth the imaginations of the wicked: but the wordes of the pure are pleasaunt.

  • Prov 6:14
    68%

    14He is euer imagining mischiefe and frowardnes in his heart, and causeth discorde.