Proverbs 10:18
Whoever is covering hatred with lying lips, || And whoever is bringing out an evil report is a fool.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
In Context
17A traveler to life [is] he who is keeping instruction, || And whoever is forsaking rebuke is erring.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:16You do not go slandering among your people; you do not stand against the blood of your neighbor; I [am] YHWH.
1 Samuel 18:29and Saul adds to be afraid of the presence of David still; and Saul is an enemy of David [for] all the days.
2 Samuel 11:8And David says to Uriah, “Go down to your house, and wash your feet”; and Uriah goes out of the king’s house, and there goes out a gift from the king after him,
2 Samuel 20:9And Joab says to Amasa, “Are you [in] peace, my brother?” And the right hand of Joab lays hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him;
Psalms 12:2They each speak vanity with his neighbor, || Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.
Psalms 50:20You sit, you speak against your brother, || You give slander against a son of your mother.
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 →