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Proverbs 10:18
18One 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 wages of the righteous are life. The income of the wicked is sin. 17One who heeds discipline is on the path of life, but whoever ignores correction goes astray. One who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool. 19When words abound, transgression is unavoidable. but whoever restrains his lips is wise. 20The tongue of the righteous is choice 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 tells the guilty, “You are innocent,” people curse him and nations revile him.
- 1 Samuel 18:21Saul thought, “I will give her to him, so that she may become a snare to him—and the hand of the Philistines will be against him.” So Saul said to David, “You can still become my son-in-law, even today, with the second one.”
- 2 Samuel 3:27Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside within the gate to speak with him privately, and there stabbed him in the groin, so that he died—on account of the blood of his brother Asahel.
- 2 Samuel 11:8Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” When Uriah left the royal palace, a present from the king followed him.
- 2 Samuel 13:23It came about, after two full years, that Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
- 2 Samuel 20:9Then Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you my brother?” With his right hand Joab took Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
- Psalms 5:9Lead me, Adonai, in Your righteousness, because of my enemies. Make Your path straight before me.
- Psalms 12:2Help, Adonai! For no one godly exists. For the faithful have vanished from the children of men.
- Psalms 55:21My companion put forth his hands against those at peace with him, as he violates his covenant.
- Luke 20:20Now they watched Him and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order to trap Him in His words so they could hand Him over to the power and authority of the governor.
- Psalms 15:3who does not slander with his tongue, does not wrong his neighbor, and does not disgrace his friend,
- Psalms 50:20You sit, speaking against your brother, slandering your own mother’s son.
- Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret —him I will silence. Who has haughty eyes and a proud heart —him 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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