Proverbs 10:18 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁸He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

Proverbs 10:18 —

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Proverbs 26:24-26
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; …
Psalms 55:21
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
Psalms 15:3
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
2 Samuel 13:23-29
And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons. …
2 Samuel 3:27
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

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Anger Backbiting Deceit Deception False Teachers Falsehood Fool Gossip

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 18)

Observe here, Malice is folly and wickedness. 1. It is so when it is concealed by flattery and dissimulation: He is a fool, though he may think himself a politician, that hides hatred with lying lips, lest, if it break out, he should be ashamed before men and should lose the opportunity of gratifying his malice. Lying lips are bad enough of themselves, but have a peculiar malignity in them when th…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 18)

18. Both vices must one day be known and punished, and hence their folly.