Proverbs 10:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁸ He who conceals hatred has lying lips, and he who 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.

Proverbs 10:18 Cross References

Psalm 55:21

His speech was smoother than butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Psalm 15:3

who does not slander with his tongue, and does no evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;

2 Samuel 3:27

And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he smote him in the belly, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

Psalm 101:5

Him who slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. The man of haughty looks and arrogant heart I will not endure.

Psalm 50:20

You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.

Psalm 12:2

Every one utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is destruction, their throat is an open sepulchre, they flatter with their tongue.

1 Samuel 18:29

Saul was still more afraid of David. So Saul was David's enemy continually.

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not utter a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man, to be a malicious witness.

Jeremiah 9:4

Let every one beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother; for every brother is a supplanter, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand forth against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

Jeremiah 6:28

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