Proverbs 10:18
16 The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.
17 Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
19 When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
- KJV
- He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
- WEB
- He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.
- ASV
- He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.
- DARBY
- He that covereth hatred hath lying lips, and he that sendeth forth a slander is a fool.
- BLB
- The one covering hatred [has] lips of falsehood, and the one bringing forth slander, he [is] a fool.
- ÅB
- Den som skjuler hat, har falske lepper, og den som fører ut ondt rykte, han er en dåre.
- OTB
- De som skjuler hat med bedragerske ord og sprer baktalelse er tåpelige.
- B1930
- Den som skjuler hat, har falske leber, og den som fører ut ondt rykte, han er en dåre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 26:24–26
A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
Read in contextPsalms 55:21
His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
Read in context2 Samuel 3:27
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
Read in context2 Samuel 13:23–29
Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.
Read in contextPsalms 15:3
who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
Read in contextPsalms 101:5
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
Read in context1 Samuel 18:21–22
“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
Read in contextPsalms 12:2
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
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