Proverbs 26:23 KJV
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Words Then and Now
- potsherd a piece of broken pottery Still heard today: a potsherd, still the archaeologist’s word Webster’s 1828 · Potsherd
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Matthew Henry
- Proverbs 26:1–28Honour is out of season to those unworthy and unfit for it. 2. He that is cursed without cause, the curse shall do him no more harm than the bird that flies...
Thompson Chains
- Evil HeartSee the chain from Ecclesiastes 8:11 · 7 links
Cross References
- Luke 11:39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
- Luke 22:47–48 And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. …
- 2 Samuel 20:9–10 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. …
- Proverbs 10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
- Proverbs 25:4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
- Ezekiel 33:31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
- Matthew 23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
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Topics
- Dross Figurative
- Hypocrisy General scriptures concerning Hypocrisy
- Silver Refining of Silver
- Speaking Evil
- Wicked (people) Potsherds
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Burning דֹּלְקִים dōlĕqîm דָּלַק Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural
- lips שְׂפָתַיִם śĕpātayim שָׂפָה Noun · feminine dual
- and a wicked רָע rāʿ רַע Adjective · masculine singular
- heart וְלֶב wĕleb לֵב Noun · masculine singular construct · with and
- a potsherd עַל ʿal Preposition חָרֶשׂ ḥāreś חֶרֶשׂ Noun · masculine singular
- covered מְצֻפֶּה mĕṣuppê צָפָה Verb · pual passive participle, masculine singular
- with silver כֶּסֶף kesep כֶּסֶף Noun · masculine singular construct
- dross סִיגִים sîgîm סִיג Noun · masculine plural
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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