Proverbs 10:18
Those who will not admit that they hate others are liars, and those who slander others are foolish.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 19:16‘Do not spread false rumors about other people. ‘Do not say anything in court that would result in some innocent person being executed. I, Yahweh, am commanding this.
1 Samuel 18:29he became more afraid of David. So, as long as Saul lived, he was David’s enemy.
2 Samuel 11:8Then David, hoping that Uriah would go home and sleep with his wife, said to Uriah, “Okay, go home and relax for a while. [IDM]” So Uriah left, and David gave someone a gift of some food to take to Uriah’s house.
2 Samuel 20:9Joab said to Amasa, “Are things going well with you, my friend?” Then Joab grabbed Amasa’s beard with his right hand, in order to kiss him.
Psalms 12:2Everyone tells lies to other people; they deceive others by ◄flattering them/saying good things about them that they know are not true►.
Psalms 50:20You are always accusing members of your own family of doing wrong, and slandering them.
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 →