Proverbs 26:23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.… This may be meant either — 1. Of a wicked heart showing itself in burning lips, furious, passionate, outrageous words, burning in malice, and presenting those to whom, or of whom, they are spoken. Ill-words and ill-will agree together as well as a potsherd and the dross of silver, which, now that the pot is broken, and the dross separated from the silver, are fit to be thrown together to the dunghill 2. Or of a wicked heart disguising itself, with burning lips, burning with the professions of love and friendship, and even persecuting a man with flatteries; this is like a potsherd covered with the scum or dross of silver, with which one that is weak may be imposed upon, as if it were of some value, but a wise man is soon aware of the cheat. This sense agrees with the following verses. ( Matthew Henry.) Parallel Verses KJV: Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.WEB: Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart. |
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