Proverbs 10:18

“He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, etc.] 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 cherishes hatred in his heart, which he covers and conceals, till he has a proper opportunity of showing it; as Absalom to Ammon, Joab to Amasa, the men of Anathoth to Jeremiah, and Judas to Christ; see (<202624>Proverbs 26:24-26). Or, “he that hideth hatred [is a man of] lying lips”f277; he is a liar, as the person next described is a fool. And he that uttereth slander is a fool; that brings it out by wholesale, and hides it not; who openly defames his neighbour, and in the most public manner; and…”

“Both vices must one day be known and punished, and hence their folly.”

“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. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Lying lips - With flattering words. He here condemns two opposite vices, secret hatred, and manifest slander. Proverbs 10:20”

“that hideth: Pro 26:24-26; Sa1 18:21, Sa1 18:22, Sa1 18:29; Sa2 3:27, Sa2 11:8-15, Sa2 13:23-29, Sa2 20:9, Sa2 20:10; Psa 5:9, Psa 12:2, Psa 55:21; Luk 20:20, Luk 20:21 that uttereth: Psa 15:3, Psa 50:20, Psa 101:5 Proverbs 10:19”

“18 He that hideth hatred is a mouth of falsehood; And he that spreadeth slander is a fool. The lxx, καλύπτουσιν ἔχθραν χεῖλα δίκαια, which Ewald prefers, and which has given occasion to Hitzig to make a remarkable conjecture ("He who conceals hatred, close lips," which no one understands without Hitzig's comment. to this his conjecture). But (1) to hide hatred (cf. Pro 10:11, Pro 26:24) is something altogether different from to cover sin ( Pro 10:12, Pro 17:9), or generally to keep anything secret with discretion ( Pro 10:13); and (2) that δίκαια is a corrupt reading for ἄδικα (as Grabe supposes, and Symmachus translates) or δόλια (as Lagarde supposes, and indeed is found in Codd.).…”