Proverbs 26:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 26:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 26:23 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Proverbs 26:23 — KJV
“Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.”
— Proverbs 26:23 (KJV)
Proverbs 26:23 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 26:23
“Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. puttest...: Heb. causest to cease”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 26:23: wicked, like, dross
“The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 26:23: wicked, heart, silver
“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires continually: Heb. every day”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 26:23: wicked, heart
“For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 26:23: heart, like
“And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 26:23: like, silver
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