SEV Biblia, Chapter 26:23
¶ Como escoria de plata echada sobre el tiesto, son los labios enardecidos y el corazón malo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 26:23
Verse 23. 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.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 23. Burning lips, and a wicked heart , etc.] 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.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 23 - A wicked heart disguising itself, is like a potsherd covered with the dross of silver.
Original Hebrew
כסף 3701 סיגים 5509 מצפה 6823 על 5921 חרשׂ 2789 שׂפתים 8193 דלקים 1814 ולב 3820 רע׃ 7451
