God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 10:18
18Whoever conceals hatred has lying lips. 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
16A righteous person’s reward is life. A wicked person’s harvest is sin. 17Whoever practices discipline is on the way to life, but whoever ignores a warning strays. Whoever conceals hatred has lying lips. Whoever spreads slander is a fool. 19Sin is unavoidable when there is much talk, but whoever seals his lips is wise. 20The tongue of a righteous person is pure silver. The hearts of wicked people are worthless.
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 a guilty person, “You are innocent,” will be cursed by people and condemned by nations.
- 1 Samuel 18:21Saul thought, “I’ll give her to David. She will trap him, and the Philistines will get him.” So he said to David a second time, “You will now be my son-in-law.”
- 2 Samuel 3:27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gateway as if to talk to him privately. There he stabbed Abner in the belly. Abner died because he spilled the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
- 2 Samuel 11:8“Go home,” David said to Uriah, “and wash your feet.” Uriah left the royal palace, and the king sent a present to him.
- 2 Samuel 13:23Two years later Absalom had sheepshearers at Baal Hazor near Ephraim. He invited all the king’s sons.
- 2 Samuel 20:9“How are you, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. He took hold of Amasa’s beard with his right hand to kiss him.
- Psalms 5:9Nothing in their mouths is truthful. Destruction comes from their hearts. Their throats are open graves. They flatter with their tongues.
- Psalms 12:2All people speak foolishly. They speak with flattering lips. They say one thing but mean another.
- Psalms 55:21His speech is smoother than butter, but there is war in his heart. His words are more soothing than oil, but they are like swords ready to attack.
- Luke 20:20So they watched for an opportunity to send out some spies. The spies were to act like sincere religious people. They wanted to catch him saying the wrong thing so that they could hand him over to the governor.
- Psalms 15:3The one who does not slander with his tongue, do evil to a friend, or bring disgrace on his neighbor.
- Psalms 50:20You sit and talk against your own brother. You slander your own mother’s son.
- Psalms 101:5I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor. I will not tolerate anyone with a conceited look or 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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