Proverbs 10:18
He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
In Context
17He is in the way of life that keeps instruction: but he that refuses reproof errs.
19In the multitude of words there wants not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:16You shall not go up and down as a talebearer among your people: neither shall you stand against the blood of your neighbour; I am the LORD.
1 Samuel 18:29And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
2 Samuel 11:8And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house, and wash your feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a portion of food from the king.
2 Samuel 20:9And Joab said to Amasa, Are you in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
Psalms 12:2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Psalms 50:20You sit and speak against your brother; you slander yours 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 →