New King James Version
Proverbs 10:18
18Whoever hides 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 Living Translation (NLT)Hiding hatred makes you a liar; slandering others makes you a fool.
Context of Proverbs 10:18
16The labor of the righteous leads to life, The wages of the wicked to sin. 17He who keeps instruction is in the way of life, But he who refuses correction goes astray. Whoever hides hatred has lying lips, And whoever spreads slander is a fool. 19In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise. 20The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; The heart of the wicked is worth little.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:18 word by word
מְכַסֶּ֣ה שִׂ֭נְאָה שִׂפְתֵי־שָׁ֑קֶר וּמוֹצִ֥א דִ֝בָּ֗ה ה֣וּא כְסִֽיל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 10:18
- Proverbs 24:24He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,” Him the people will curse; Nations will abhor him.
- 1 Samuel 18:21So Saul said, “I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time, “You shall be my son-in-law today.”
- 2 Samuel 3:27Now when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him privately, and there stabbed him in the stomach, so that he died for the blood of Asahel his brother.
- 2 Samuel 11:8And David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah departed from the king’s house, and a gift of food from the king followed him.
- 2 Samuel 13:23And it came to pass, after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is near Ephraim; so Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
- 2 Samuel 20:9Then Joab said to Amasa, “Are you in health, my brother?” And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
- Psalms 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open tomb; They flatter with their tongue.
- Psalms 12:2They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
- Psalms 55:21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, But war was in his heart; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.
- Luke 20:20So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor.
- Psalms 15:3He who does not backbite with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;
- Psalms 50:20You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother’s son.
- Psalms 101:5Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, Him I will destroy; The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, Him I will not endure.
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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