Proverbs 10:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 10:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Better, He who hideth hatred is of lying lips. He who cherishes hatred, is either a knave, or a fool - a knave if he hides, a fool if he utters it.
Proverbs 10:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:2 ( cf. Psalms 3:7 ). righteousness: the growth of the conception of righteousness is an important subject. As in the Pss., there is a specific class the righteous opposed to the...
Proverbs 10:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. He that hideth - This is a common case. How many, when full of resentment, and deadly hatred, meditating revenge...
Proverbs 10:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He that hideth hatred, &c.— The LXX read, Honest lips hide hatred; but they who utter reproaches, are the greatest fools; and the Syriac, The lips of the wicked hide hatred; and he that utte...
Proverbs 10:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. He that hideth hatred (with) lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool - rather, as the verses ge...
Proverbs 10:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Here we reach the first collection of what were supposed to be Solomon's proverbs. Most of them consist of two lines parallel to each other. The parallelism is one of contrast, or agreement, or expla...
Proverbs 10:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He that hideth hatred ... — This would be more correctly translated, “He that hideth hatred is a mouth of falsehood: he that spreadeth slander is a fool” ( khesîl: Proverbs 1:22 ). (For the constr...
Proverbs 10:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 11 WEALTH "Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death." Proverbs 10:2 "O'er weening statesmen have full long relied On fleets and armies and exter...
Proverbs 10:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Blessing of the Lord Maketh Rich Proverbs 10:17-32 Let us specially avoid talking too much. Silence is golden. See Proverbs 10:19 . Yet the tongue of the just is as choice silver and the...
Proverbs 10:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begin the proverbs proper. In this collection they are antithetical, They present a sharp contrast between wisdom and folly in the outworking of such in practical life. Seeing that this is indee...
Proverbs 10:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. He that hideth hatred with lying l...
Proverbs 10:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips ,.... Or he whose "lying lips hide hatred", which is much the same; who pretends to be a friend, and outwardly behaves as one, but inwardly nourishes and cher...
Proverbs 10:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool. Ver. 18. He that hideth hatred, &c. ] These are dangerous creatures that thus lie at the catch, and wait a...
Proverbs 10:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He that hideth hatred with lying lips With flattering words, and false pretences of friendship; and he that uttereth slander That is, both of them, one no less than the other; is a fool Because...
Proverbs 10:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Proper of the Use of the Tongue. 18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a...
Proverbs 10:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

With lying lips; with flattering words and false pretences of friendship. And he, Heb. he , i. e both of them, one no less than the other. So he condemneth two opposite vices, secret hatred and...
Proverbs 10:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Collection Of Solomon's Proverbs ( Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 29:27 ). Solomon's presentation of The Book of Proverbs has followed the pattern of much Wisdom literature. This commenced with the...
Proverbs 10:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 10:18 . Not with lying lips , but “is of lying lips.” “The meaning of this second clause does not stand in the relation of an antithesis to the preceding, but in that o...
Proverbs 10:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:1 . The Proverbs of Solomon. The nine preseding Chapter s may be regarded as a vestibule to the temple. Wisdom has been personified, and folly thrown into the darker shades. We have ha...
Proverbs 10:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

He that uttereth a slander is a fool. The folly of slander I. Slandering is foolish, as sinful and wicked. All sin is foolish upon many accounts. To lie simply is a great fault, being a deviati...
Proverbs 10:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-22:16 Part III . FIRST GREAT COLLECTION (375) OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS . Verse 1-12:28 First section. The sections are noted by their commencing usually with t...
Proverbs 10:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 18. He that hideth hatred with lying lips, deliberately deceiving others as to the real condition of his heart, being hypocritical falsehood personified, and he that uttereth a slander, spread...
Proverbs 10:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 18:21 ; 1 Samuel 18:22 ; 1 Samuel 18:29 ; 2 Samuel 11:8-15 ; 2 Samuel 13:23-29 ; 2 Samuel 20:10 ; 2 Samuel 20:9 ; 2 Samuel 3:27 ; Luke 20:20 ; Luke 20:21 ; Proverbs 26:24-26 ; Ps...
Proverbs 10:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Lying lips — With flattering words. He here condemns two opposite vices, secret hatred, and manifest slander.

Proverbs 10:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 10:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 10:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 10:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 10:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 10:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 10:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 10:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 10:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 10:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 10:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 10:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 10:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 10:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 10:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 10:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes