Proverbs 10:18
Righteous lips cover enmity; but they that utter railings are most foolish.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
In Context
17Instruction keeps the right ways of life; but instruction unchastened goes astray.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not walk deceitfully among thy people; thou shalt not rise up against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord your God.
1 Samuel 18:29And he was yet more afraid of David.
2 Samuel 11:8And David said to Urias, Go to thy house, and wash thy feet: and Urias departed from the house of the king, and a portion of meat from the king followed him.
2 Samuel 20:9And Joab said to Amessai, Art thou in health, my brother? and the right hand of Joab took hold of the beard of Amessai to kiss him.
Psalms 12:2How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me? for ever? how long wilt thou turn away thy face from me?
Psalms 50:20Do good, O Lord, to Sion in thy good pleasure; and let the walls of Jerusalem be built.
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 →