Proverbs 10:18
He who hides hatred is of lying lips. And he who utters a slander is a fool.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
In Context
17He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof errs.
19Transgression is not lacking in the multitude of words, but he who refrains his lips does wisely.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:16Thou shall not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people, neither shall thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor. I am LORD.
1 Samuel 18:29And Saul was yet the more afraid of David, and Saul was David's enemy continually.
2 Samuel 11:8And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and a gift from the king followed him.
2 Samuel 20:9And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
Psalms 12:2They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.
Psalms 50:20Thou sit and speak against thy brother; thou slander thine own mother's son.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:18
17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. See here, 1. That those are in the right that do not only receive instruction, but retain it, that do not let it slip through carelessness, as most do, nor let it go to those that would rob them of it, that keep instruction safely, keep it pure and entire, keep it for their own use, that they may govern themselves by it, keep it for the benefit of others, that they may instruct them; those that do so are in the way of life,… Read the whole commentary →