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Proverbs 26:23

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Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart. NIV
Burning lips [uttering insincere words of love] and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel covered with the scum thrown off from molten silver [making it appear to be solid silver]. AMP
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. KJV

Proverbs 26:3

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A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! NIV
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a [straight, slender] rod for the backs of [self-confident] fools. AMP
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. KJV

Proverbs 26:24

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Enemies disguise themselves with their lips, but in their hearts they harbor deceit. NIV
He who hates pretends with his lips, but stores up deceit within himself. AMP
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; KJV

Proverbs 26:5

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Answer fools according to their folly, or they will be wise in their own eyes. NIV
Answer a [self-confident] fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes and conceit. [Matt. 16:1-4; 21:24-27.] AMP
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. KJV

Proverbs 26:13

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A sluggard says, "There's a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!" NIV
The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way! A lion is in the streets! [Prov. 22:13.] AMP
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. KJV

Proverbs 26:22

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The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts. NIV
The words of a whisperer or slanderer are like dainty morsels or words of sport [to some, but to others are like deadly wounds]; and they go down into the innermost parts of the body [or of the victim's nature]. AMP
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. KJV

Proverbs 26:10

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Like an archer who wounds at random is one who hires a fool or any passer-by. NIV
[But] like an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or chance passers-by. AMP
The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. KJV

Proverbs 26:21

Bible Rank: 24,252
As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife. NIV
As coals are to hot embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man to inflame strife. [Prov. 15:18; 29:22.] AMP
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. KJV

Proverbs 26:14

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As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on the bed. NIV
As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy man [move not from his place] upon his bed. AMP
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. KJV

Proverbs 26:16

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Sluggards are wiser in their own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly. NIV
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes and conceit than seven men who can render a reason and answer discreetly. AMP
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. KJV
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