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Proverbs 26:22-24
Contemporary English Version

22 There is nothing so delicious
as the taste of gossip!
    It melts in your mouth.

23 Hiding hateful thoughts
    behind smooth[a] talk
is like coating a clay pot
    with a cheap glaze.
24 The pleasant talk
    of an enemy
hides more evil plans

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Footnotes

  1. 26.23 smooth: One ancient translation; Hebrew “hateful.”
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Proverbs 26:22-24
New International Version

22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
    they go down to the inmost parts.(A)

23 Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware
    are fervent[a] lips with an evil heart.
24 Enemies disguise themselves with their lips,(B)
    but in their hearts they harbor deceit.(C)

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  1. Proverbs 26:23 Hebrew; Septuagint smooth
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