Proverbs 26:23
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Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
Like a [common] clay vessel covered with the silver dross [making it appear silver when it has no real value] Are burning lips [murmuring manipulative words] and a wicked heart.
Burning lips [uttering insincere words of love] and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel covered with the scum thrown off from molten silver [making it appear to be solid silver].
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Smooth lips with an evil heart are like glaze on an earthen vessel.
Smooth lips with an evil heart are like glaze on an earthen vessel.
Smooth lips and an evil heart are like silver coating on clay.
Like silver slag overlaid on a clay pot are lips that burn [with friendship] over a hating heart.
Hiding hateful thoughts behind smooth talk is like coating a clay pot with a cheap glaze.
Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are [as] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthen vessel adorned with silver dross.
Good words that hide an evil heart are like silver paint over a cheap, clay pot.
When a hypocrite says nice words, that is like a cheap pot with silver paint.
Fervent lips and an evil heart are like a glaze covering a clay pot.
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart.
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart.
·Kind words [L Smooth lips] from a wicked ·mind [L heart] are like ·a shiny [silver] coating on a clay pot.
As silver dross overlaid upon a potsherd, so are burning lips, and an evil heart.
⌞Like⌟ a clay pot covered with cheap silver, ⌞so⌟ is smooth talk that covers up an evil heart.
Insincere talk that hides what you are really thinking is like a fine glaze on a cheap clay pot.
Smooth lips with an evil heart are like glaze on an earthen vessel.
Kind words from a wicked mind are like a shiny coating on a clay pot.
A clay vessel plated with a thin veneer of silver— that’s what smooth lips with a wicked heart are.
¶ Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross Are fiery lips and an evil heart.
Like impure silver which overlays an earthen vessel, so are smooth lips and an evil heart.
Pretty words may hide a wicked heart, just as a pretty glaze covers a common clay pot.
Smooth talk from an evil heart is like glaze on cracked pottery.
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like earthenware covered with silver dross.
Like a clay pot covered with cheap silver, so is smooth talk that covers up an evil heart.
Like a glazed finish on earthenware are smooth lips and a wicked heart.
Like an earthenware vessel overlaid with silver impurities Are burning lips and a wicked heart.
Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross Are burning lips and a wicked heart.
Like glaze that is spread on earthenware are smooth lips and a spiteful heart.
Kind words from a wicked mind are like a shiny coating on a clay pot.
Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.
Warm words that come from an evil heart are like a shiny coating on a clay pot.
Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.
Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.
Fervent lips with a wicked heart Are like earthenware covered with silver dross.
Burning lips and a sinful heart are like a pot covered with silver waste.
Smooth words may hide a wicked heart, just as a pretty glaze covers a clay pot.
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
Fervent sfatayim (lips) and a lev rah are like earthenware covered with silver dross.
As silver overlaid upon an earthen vessel are burning lips and an evil heart.
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
Like silver glaze overlaying earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.
Like a shiny glaze coating a rough clay pot, so are burning lips that conceal an evil heart.
Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
As if thou wouldest adorn a vessel of earth, (that is, a cheap pot made out of clay,) with the dross of silver, so be swelling lips fellowshipped with a full wicked heart.
Silver of dross spread over potsherd, [Are] burning lips and an evil heart.
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