Proverbs 26:23
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Burning lips, and a wicked heart, are like a potsheard couered with siluer drosse.
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- Luke 22:47–48Rank 1 from verse 23
47¶ 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.
48But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?
47¶ And while he yet spake, *behold, a multitude, and hee that was called Iudas, one of the twelue, went before them, and drewe neere vnto Iesus, to kisse him.
48But Iesus said vnto him, Iudas, betrayest thou the sonne of man with a kisse?
- Luke 11:39Rank 2 from verse 23
39And 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.
39*And the Lord said vnto him, Now doe ye Pharises make cleane the outside of the cup and the platter: but your inward part is full of rauening and wickednesse.
- Proverbs 10:18Rank 3 from verse 23
- Ezekiel 33:31Rank 4 from verse 23
31And 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.
31†‖†And they come vnto thee as the people commeth, and they sit before thee as my people, and they heare thy words, but they will not doe them: for with their mouth they shew much loue, but their heart goeth after their couetousnesse.
- Matthew 23:27Rank 5 from verse 23
27Woe 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.
27Woe vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for yee are like vnto whited sepulchres, which indeed appeare beautifull outward, but are within full of dead mens bones, and of all vncleannesse.
- Proverbs 25:4Rank 6 from verse 23
- 2 Samuel 20:9–10Rank 7 from verse 23
9And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
9And Ioab saide to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Ioab tooke Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kisse him.
10But Amasa tooke no heed to the sword that was in Ioabs hand: so hee smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and †strake him not againe, and he died: so Ioab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.
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Proverbs 26:23
Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of burn, meaning to consume, injure, heat, dry, or harden by fire or intense heat. Sense 2: To be on fire.
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Sense 1: The physical borders of the mouth. Sense 2: By extension, speech or utterance.
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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
A broken piece or fragment of an earthen or clay vessel.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Had a covering placed or spread over; hidden, concealed, enclosed, overlaid, clothed, sheltered, or occupied over the surface or extent of something.
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A precious white metal used for money, vessels, ornaments, images, trade, valuation, and refining; by extension, money or wealth reckoned in that metal.
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Sense 1: Scum or impurities separated from metal. Sense 2: Figuratively, worthless or impure refuse.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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26:22The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
26:22*†The words of a tale-bearer are as woundes, and they goe downe into the innermost parts of the belly.
26:23Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
26:23Burning lips, and a wicked heart, are like a potsheard couered with siluer drosse.
Selected passage26:24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
26:24‖Hee that hateth, dissembleth with his lips, and layeth vp deceit within him.