Proverbs 10:18
Anyone who hides their hatred is lying, and anyone who spreads slander is stupid.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
In Context
19If you talk too much, you'll say something wrong. Be wise and take care what you say.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:16Don't go around spreading false rumors about people. Don't keep quiet when the lives of others are at risk. I am the Lord.
1 Samuel 18:29and so he became even more afraid of David, and was David's enemy for the rest of his life.
2 Samuel 11:8Then David told Uriah, “Go home now and have a rest.” Uriah left the palace, and the king sent him a gift after he'd gone.
2 Samuel 20:9“How are you doing, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. Joab held Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
Psalms 12:2Everyone lies to their neighbors. They flatter with nice talk, but they don't mean what they say.
Psalms 50:20You sit there and speak against your brother, slandering your 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 →