Proverbios 26:23

23 Las palabras suaves
pueden ocultar un corazón perverso,
así como un barniz atractivo cubre una olla de barro.

Proverbios 26:23 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 26:23

Burning lips, and a wicked heart
Either burning with wrath and malice; breathing out threatenings and slaughter; pursuing men with reproaches and slanders, arising from a wicked heart: or rather, burning with profession of love to God, and affection to good men; with great pretensions of kindness, and promises of good things, when their hearts are wicked, and they design noticing less; say one thing with their lips, with the greatest show of affection and sincerity, and mean another in their hearts. These [are like] a potsherd covered with silver dross:
which at a distance, or to less discerning persons, looks like silver, and is taken for it; when the covering is only dross, and what is within is only a potsherd, Or a piece of an earthen vessel, good for nothing: such are the specious professions and deceitful words, which flow from a wicked heart.

Proverbios 26:23 In-Context

21 El buscapleitos inicia disputas con tanta facilidad
como las brasas calientes encienden el carbón o el fuego prende la madera.

22 Los rumores son deliciosos bocaditos
que penetran en lo profundo del corazón.

23 Las palabras suaves
pueden ocultar un corazón perverso,
así como un barniz atractivo cubre una olla de barro.

24 La gente podrá encubrir su odio con palabras agradables,
pero te están engañando.

25 Fingen ser amables, pero no les creas;
tienen el corazón lleno de muchas maldades.