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Proverbs 10:18
18Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Hiding hatred makes you a liar; slandering others makes you a fool.
Context of Proverbs 10:18
16The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death. 17Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray. Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool. 19Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues. 20The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
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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,” will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.
- 1 Samuel 18:21“I will give her to him,” he thought, “so that she may be a snare to him and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “Now you have a second opportunity to become my son-in-law.”
- 2 Samuel 3:27Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into an inner chamber, as if to speak with him privately. And there, to avenge the blood of his brother Asahel, Joab stabbed him in the stomach, and he died.
- 2 Samuel 11:8Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
- 2 Samuel 13:23Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal Hazor near the border of Ephraim, he invited all the king’s sons to come there.
- 2 Samuel 20:9Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my brother?” Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
- Psalms 5:9Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their heart is filled with malice. Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they tell lies.
- Psalms 12:2Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.
- Psalms 55:21His talk is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords.
- Luke 20:20Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be sincere. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said, so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.
- Psalms 15:3whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor, and casts no slur on others;
- Psalms 50:20You sit and testify against your brother and slander your own mother’s son.
- Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate.
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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