Proverbs 26:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

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  • Luke 11:39 : 39 And the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness.
  • Luke 22:47-48 : 47 And while he was still speaking, behold, a multitude, and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near to Jesus to kiss him. 48 But Jesus said to him, Judas, do you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Are you well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. 10 But Amasa did not notice the sword in Joab’s hand, so Joab struck him in the stomach, spilling his intestines to the ground. He did not strike him again, and Amasa died. Joab and his brother Abishai then pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.
  • Prov 25:4 : 4 Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for the refiner will appear.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness.
  • Matt 23:27 : 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.

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  • Prov 26:24-26
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    24He who hates others disguises it with his lips, and stores up deceit within him;

    25When he speaks kindly, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

    26Though his hatred is concealed by deceit, his wickedness shall be exposed before the assembly.

  • Prov 26:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21As coals to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

    22The words of a gossip are like wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

  • Prov 16:27
    76%

    27An ungodly man digs up evil, and in his lips there is like a burning fire.

  • Prov 17:3-4
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    75%

    3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.

    4A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

  • Prov 10:20
    74%

    20The tongue of the just is as choice silver, the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

  • Prov 24:2
    73%

    2For their hearts plot destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Prov 26:28
    72%

    28A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Prov 25:4
    71%

    4Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for the refiner will appear.

  • Prov 10:18
    71%

    18He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

  • Prov 4:24
    71%

    24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.

  • Prov 6:18
    70%

    18A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

  • Prov 27:6
    70%

    6Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    70%

    2They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

    3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things:

  • Prov 18:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

    8The words of a talebearer are like wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

  • Prov 15:7
    70%

    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of the foolish does not.

  • Ps 140:3
    70%

    3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

  • Prov 12:22
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    22Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who deal truthfully are His delight.

  • Prov 5:3
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    3For the lips of a strange woman drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

  • Prov 10:32
    69%

    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversity.

  • Prov 25:11
    69%

    11A word spoken at the right time is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

  • Prov 17:20
    69%

    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Ps 31:18
    69%

    18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

  • Rom 3:13-14
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    69%

    13'Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; the poison of vipers is under their lips.'

    14'Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.'

  • Prov 20:15
    69%

    15There is gold and a multitude of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

  • Ps 55:21
    69%

    21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

  • Jer 6:29
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    29The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; the refiner melts in vain, for the wicked are not removed.

  • Jas 3:6
    69%

    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.

  • Prov 26:18
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    18Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

  • Prov 16:30
    69%

    30He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things; moving his lips, he brings evil to pass.

  • Ps 10:7
    69%

    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  • Prov 27:21
    69%

    21As the refining pot tests silver, and the furnace tests gold, so a man is tested by his praise.

  • Ezek 24:11
    69%

    11Then set it empty on its coals, that its bronze may be hot and may burn, and that its filthiness may be melted in it, that its scum may be consumed.

  • Ps 52:2
    68%

    2Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

  • Prov 8:7
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    7For my mouth will speak truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

  • Isa 1:22
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    22Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water:

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is pure wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 39:3
    68%

    3My heart burned within me, while I was musing, the fire burned: then I spoke with my tongue,

  • Prov 16:23
    68%

    23The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

  • Prov 25:23
    68%

    23The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

  • Ezek 22:22
    68%

    22As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; and you shall know that I the LORD have poured out My fury upon you.

  • Prov 15:26
    68%

    26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

  • Prov 6:14
    68%

    14Perversity is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.