Proverbs 10:18
Righteous lips cover enmity; but they that utter railings are most foolish.
LXX2012 (US English)
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.
19By a multitude of words you shall not escape sin; but if you refrain your lips you will be prudent.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:16You shall not walk deceitfully among your people; you shall not rise up against the blood of your neighbor: I am the Lord your God.
1 Samuel 18:29And he was yet more afraid of David. + 18:29 v 30 is not in the Vatican codex. It is here read from Alex.
2 Samuel 11:8And David said to Urias, Go to your house, and wash your 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, Are you in health, my brother? and the right hand of Joab took hold of the beard of Amessai to kiss him.
Psalms 12:2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrows in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me? 1
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 →