Proverbs 26:23

Geneva Bible (1560)

As siluer drosse ouerlayde vpon a potsheard, so are burning lips, and an euill heart.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 11:39 : 39 And the Lord saide to him, In deede yee Pharises make cleane the outside of the cuppe, and of the platter: but the inwarde part is full of rauening and wickednesse.
  • Luke 22:47-48 : 47 And while he yet spake, beholde, a companie, and he that was called Iudas one of the twelue, went before them, and came neere vnto Iesus to kisse him. 48 And Iesus saide vnto him, Iudas, betrayest thou the Sonne of man with a kisse?
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Ioab sayde to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? & Ioab tooke Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kisse him. 10 But Amasa tooke no heede to the sworde that was in Ioabs hande: for therewith he smote him in the fift rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and smote him not the second time: so he dyed. then Ioab and Abishai his brother followed after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.
  • Prov 25:4 : 4 Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shall proceede a vessell for the finer.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 For they come vnto thee, as the people vseth to come: and my people sit before thee, and heare thy wordes, but they will not doe them: for with their mouthes they make iestes, and their heart goeth after their couetousnesse.
  • Matt 23:27 : 27 Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye are like vnto whited tombes, which appeare beautifull outward, but are within full of dead mens bones, and all filthines.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:24-26
    3 verses
    79%

    24He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite.

    25Though he speake fauourably, beleeue him not: for there are seuen abominations in his heart.

    26Hatred may be couered by deceite: but the malice thereof shall be discouered in the congregation.

  • Prov 26:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21As ye cole maketh burning coles, & wood a fire, so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife.

    22The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.

  • Prov 16:27
    76%

    27A wicked man diggeth vp euill, and in his lippes is like burning fire.

  • Prov 17:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3As is the fining pot for siluer, and the fornace for golde, so the Lord trieth the heartes.

    4The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.

  • Prov 10:20
    74%

    20The tongue of the iust man is as fined siluer: but the heart of the wicked is litle worth.

  • Prov 24:2
    73%

    2For their heart imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake mischiefe.

  • Prov 26:28
    72%

    28A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.

  • Prov 25:4
    71%

    4Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shall proceede a vessell for the finer.

  • Prov 10:18
    71%

    18He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.

  • Prov 4:24
    71%

    24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.

  • Prov 6:18
    70%

    18An heart that imagineth wicked enterprises, feete that be swift in running to mischiefe,

  • Prov 27:6
    70%

    6The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.

  • Ps 12:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.

    3The Lorde cut off all flattering lippes, and the tongue that speaketh proude things:

  • Prov 18:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.

    8The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.

  • Prov 15:7
    70%

    7The lippes of the wise doe spread abroade knowledge: but ye heart of the foolish doth not so.

  • Ps 140:3
    70%

    3They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. Selah.

  • Prov 12:22
    70%

    22The lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deale truely are his delite.

  • Prov 5:3
    70%

    3For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.

  • Prov 10:32
    69%

    32The lips of the righteous knowe what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh froward things.

  • Prov 25:11
    69%

    11A word spoken in his place, is like apples of golde with pictures of siluer.

  • Prov 17:20
    69%

    20The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.

  • Ps 31:18
    69%

    18Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.

  • Rom 3:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13Their throte is an open sepulchre: they haue vsed their tongues to deceit: the poyson of aspes is vnder their lippes.

    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse.

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

  • Ps 55:21
    69%

    21The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his words were more gentle then oyle, yet they were swordes.

  • Jer 6:29
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    29The bellowes are burnt: the lead is consumed in the fire: the founder melteth in vaine: for the wicked are not taken away.

  • Jas 3:6
    69%

    6And the tongue is fire, yea, a worlde of wickednesse: so is the tongue set 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.

  • Prov 26:18
    69%

    18As he that faineth himselfe mad, casteth fire brands, arrowes, and mortall things,

  • Ps 34:13
    69%

    13Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lips, that they speake no guile.

  • Prov 16:30
    69%

    30He shutteth his eyes to deuise wickednes: he moueth his lippes, and bringeth euil to passe.

  • Ps 10:7
    69%

    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.

  • Prov 27:21
    69%

    21As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.

  • Ezek 24:11
    69%

    11Then set it emptie vpon the coles thereof, that the brasse of it may be hot, and may burne, and that the filthinesse of it may be molten in it, and that the skomme of it may be consumed.

  • Ps 52:2
    68%

    2Thy tongue imagineth mischiefe, and is like a sharpe rasor, that cutteth deceitfully.

  • Prov 8:7
    68%

    7For my mouth shall speake the trueth, and my lippes abhorre wickednesse.

  • Isa 1:22
    68%

    22Thy siluer is become drosse: thy wine is mixt with water.

  • Ps 5:9
    68%

    9For no constancie is in their mouth: within, they are very corruption: their throte is an open sepulchre, and they flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 39:3
    68%

    3Mine heart was hote within me, and while I was musing, the fire kindeled, and I spake with my tongue, saying,

  • Prov 16:23
    68%

    23The heart of the wise guideth his mouth wisely, and addeth doctrine to his lippes.

  • Prov 25:23
    68%

    23As the Northwinde driueth away the raine, so doeth an angry countenance the slandering tongue.

  • Ezek 22:22
    68%

    22As siluer is melted in the mids of the fornace, so shal ye be melted in the mids thereof, and ye shall knowe, that I the Lord haue powred out my wrath vpon you.

  • Prov 15:26
    68%

    26The thoughts of ye wicked are abomination to the Lord: but the pure haue pleasant wordes.

  • Prov 6:14
    68%

    14Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.