Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. Burning lips and a wicked heart - Splendid, shining, smooth lips; that is, lips which make great professions of friendship are like a vessel plated over with base metal to make it resemble silver; but it is only a vile pot, and even the outside is not pure.
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Proverbs 26:23
23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.