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23 Like a shiny glaze[a] coating a rough clay pot,
    so are burning lips that conceal an evil heart.
24 One who hates may camouflage it beneath pleasant words,
    but deep inside him, treachery still rages;
25 Don’t believe him when he speaks kindly
    because his heart is completely ruled by evil.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 26:23 Literally, “silver dross”
  2. 26:25 Literally, “seven detestable evils”

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