King James Version
Proverbs 10:18 in the King James Version says “He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.”
Proverbs 10:18 · KJV
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. erreth: or, causeth to err
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He that hideth”
H3680properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
“lips”
H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
“and he that uttereth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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