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22 The words of one who tells secret things about people are like good-tasting bites of food. They go down into the inside parts of the body.

23 Burning lips and a sinful heart are like a pot covered with silver waste.

24 He who hates covers it up with his lips, but stores up false ways in his heart.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:23 Hebrew; Septuagint smooth