Proverbs 26:22-24

Wycliffe Bible

²² The words of a privy backbiter be as simple (The words of a gossip be tasty); and those come till to the innerest things of the heart.

²³ As if thou wouldest adorn a vessel of earth, (that is, a cheap pot made out of clay,) with the dross of silver, so be swelling lips fellowshipped with a full wicked heart.

²⁴ An enemy is understood by his lips, when he treateth guiles in his heart. (An enemy can be understood by his words, when he treateth deceitfulness in his heart.)