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Proverbs 10:18
18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
Proverbs 10:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Whoever hides hatred has lying lips, And whoever spreads slander is a fool.
Context of Proverbs 10:18
16The reward of the righteous is life; the wages of the wicked is punishment. 17The one who follows instruction is on the path to life, but the one who rejects correction goes astray. The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool. 19When there are many words, sin is unavoidable, but the one who controls his lips is prudent. 20The tongue of the righteous is pure silver; the heart of the wicked is of little value.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:18 word by word
מְכַסֶּ֣ה שִׂ֭נְאָה שִׂפְתֵי־שָׁ֑קֶר וּמוֹצִ֥א דִ֝בָּ֗ה ה֣וּא כְסִֽיל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 10:18
- Proverbs 24:24Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent” — peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
- 1 Samuel 18:21“I’ll give her to him,” Saul thought. “She’ll be a trap for him, and the hand of the Philistines will be against him.” So Saul said to David a second time, “You can now be my son-in-law.”
- 2 Samuel 3:27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside to the middle of the city gate, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died in revenge for the death of Asahel, Joab’s brother.
- 2 Samuel 11:8Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.
- 2 Samuel 13:23Two years later, Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
- 2 Samuel 20:9Joab asked Amasa, “Are you well, my brother?” Then with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
- Psalms 5:9For there is nothing reliable in what they say; destruction is within them; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongues.
- Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.
- Psalms 55:21His buttery words are smooth, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, but they are drawn swords.
- Luke 20:20They watched closely and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, so that they could catch him in what he said, to hand him over to the governor’s rule and authority.
- Psalms 15:3who does not slander with his tongue, who does not harm his friend or discredit his neighbor,
- Psalms 50:20You sit, maligning your brother, slandering your mother’s son.
- Psalms 101:5I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor; I cannot tolerate anyone with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.
Commentaries on Proverbs 10:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18He that hideth - This is a common case. How many, when full of resentment, and deadly hatred, meditating revenge and cruelty, and sometimes even murder, have pretended that they thought nothing of the injury they had sustained; had passed by the insult, etc.! Thus lying lips covered the malevolence of a wicked heart.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Better, He who hideth hatred is of lying lips. He who cherishes hatred, is either a knave, or a fool - a knave if he hides, a fool if he utters it.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18Verse 18 He is especially a fool who thinks to hide anything from God; and malice is no better.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. Both vices must one day be known and punished, and hence their folly.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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