23 Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross Are burning lips and a wicked heart .

24 He who hates disguises it with his lips , But he lays up deceit in his heart . 25 When he speaks graciously , do not believe him, For there are seven abominations in his heart .

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 26:23-25

Commentary on Proverbs 26:23

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A wicked heart disguising itself, is like a potsherd covered with the dross of silver.

Commentary on Proverbs 26:24-26

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Always distrust when a man speaks fair unless you know him well. Satan, in his temptations, speaks fair, as he did to Eve; but it is madness to give credit to him.