Proverbs 26:22-24

International Standard Version

²² The words of a gossip are like delicate morsels;
    they sink down deep within.
²³ A clay vessel plated with a thin veneer of silver—
    that’s what smooth^[a] lips with a wicked heart are.
²⁴ Someone who hates hides behind his words,
    harboring deceit within himself.