Proverbios 26:23

23 Como baño de plata^[a] sobre vasija de barroson los labios zalameros de un corazón malvado.

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 Con el carbón se hacen brasas, con la leña se prende fuego,y con un pendenciero se inician los pleitos.

22 Los chismes son como ricos bocados:se deslizan hasta las entrañas.

23 Como baño de plata sobre vasija de barroson los labios zalameros de un corazón malvado.

24 El que odia se esconde tras sus palabras,pero en lo íntimo alberga perfidia.

25 No le creas, aunque te hable con dulzura,porque su corazón rebosa de abominaciones.

Footnotes

• [a]. "como baño de plata" . Lit. "como plata de escoria" .