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Proverbs 26:22-24
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 26:22-24
Holman Christian Standard Bible
23 Smooth[b] lips with an evil heart
are like glaze on an earthen vessel.(B)
24 A hateful person disguises himself with his speech
and harbors deceit within.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:22 Lit to the chambers of the belly
- Proverbs 26:23 LXX; MT reads Burning
Proverbs 26:22-24
New International Version
Proverbs 26:22-24
New International Version
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts.(A)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:23 Hebrew; Septuagint smooth
Proverbs 26:22-24
New King James Version
Proverbs 26:22-24
New King James Version
23 Fervent lips with a wicked heart
Are like earthenware covered with silver dross.
24 He who hates, disguises it with his lips,
And lays up deceit within himself;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:22 gossip or slanderer
- Proverbs 26:22 A Jewish tradition wounds
- Proverbs 26:22 Lit. rooms of the belly
Proverbs 26:22-24
King James Version
Proverbs 26:22-24
King James Version
22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
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