Proverbs 10:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ Lying lips conceal hatred, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ He who hides hatred is of lying lips, and he who utters slander is a [self-confident] fool. [Prov. 26:24-26.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Lying lips conceal hate, and those who spread slander are fools.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Lying lips conceal hatred; whoever brings forth contempt is unwise.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ Lying lips hide hatred: he that uttereth reproach is foolish.

Proverbs 10:18 Cross References

2 Samuel 3:27

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gateway to speak with him privately, and there he stabbed him in the stomach. So he died on account of the blood of Asahel, Joab’s brother.

Psalm 101:5

One who secretly slanders a neighbor I will destroy. A haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not tolerate.

Psalm 12:2

They utter lies to each other; with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.

Psalm 15:3

who do not slander with their tongue and do no evil to their friends nor heap shame upon their neighbors;

Psalm 5:9

For there is no truth in their mouths; their hearts are destruction; their throats are open graves; they flatter with their tongues.

Psalm 50:20

You sit and speak against your kin; you slander your own mother’s child.

Psalm 55:21

with speech smoother than butter but with a heart set on war, with words that were softer than oil but in fact were drawn swords.

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with the wicked to act as a malicious witness.

Jeremiah 6:28

They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.

Jeremiah 9:4

Beware of your neighbors, and put no trust in any of your kin, for all your kin are supplanters, and every neighbor goes around like a slanderer.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand idly by when the blood of your neighbor is at stake: I am the Lord.

1 Samuel 18:29

Saul was still more afraid of David. So Saul was David’s enemy from that time forward.