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 advantages to do a man mischief, as Cain dealt by Abel, Absalom by Amnon, Joab by Amasa, Judas by Jesus. Tuta frequensque via est, &c.
And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.] Because he hath no command of his passions, as the former seems to have, because close in cloaking his malice, who yet is a fool too before God.