Proverbs 10:18 He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.
‘He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.’ A fool hides resentment, plots, and even murder in his heart by lies and pretensions of holding no ill feelings over injuries received. He that slanders is also a fool.
‘Hatred’ enmity (Luke 23:12; Rom. 8:7; Eph. 2:15-16; Jas. 4:4); hatred (Gal. 5:20). Bitter dislike, abhorrence, malice and ill will against anyone; tendency to hold grudges against or be angry at someone. Hatred seeks an occasion to provoke enmity and delights in brawls (10:12).
‘Lying lips’ One of the six things the LORD hates and that is an abomination unto Him is a lying tongue (6:16-17). A lying tongue hates those who are afflicted by it. He that injures another hates him in proportion to the injury he has done him. The one who does the wrong seldom if ever feels kindly toward those he has hurt. The debtor cannot bear the sight of a creditor, nor a robber of those whom he has robbed. Only in Christ is this law broken (26:28).
Two kinds of tongues and destinies (Jas. 3:1-18; 1Pet. 3:10-11). Twelve things about the tongue (Jas. 3:5-14): It is a little member (Jas. 3:5), that boasts great things. It is a fire (Jas. 3:6), a world of iniquity that defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature. It is untameable (Jas. 3:7-8), an unruly evil and full of deadly poison. It is used to bless God and curse men (Jas. 3:9). Capable of good conversation (Jas. 3:13) and capable of bitter strife (Jas. 3:14).
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