Proverbs 26:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Burning lips - i. e., “Lips glowing with, affection, uttering warm words of love,” joined with a malignant heart, are like a piece of broken earthenware from the furnace, which glitters with the silver drops at stick to it, but is itself worthless.

Proverbs 26:23

23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.