This next verse has no real dichotomy to it since it deals with the fool and liar. Even so, as we read through the book of Proverbs we find that every verse is in fact a dichotomy. We can read about the fool and how not to be like him, or about the liar and how we need to tell the truth. What does this verse tell us?
"He who hides hatred is of lying lips, and he who utters slanders is a [self-confident] fool." Proverbs 10:18, Amplified
The one who hides hatred is a liar. We must be true to ourselves and speak what is in our hearts. Now I am not saying to go out and tell every one that you hate how you feel about them. If hatred stay within the heat, it will germinate and grow and clutter our thoughts. Everything that we say and do to anyone else becomes tainted by that hatred, therefore we become liars.
The second part of the verse is actually linked to the first. If that hatred is not dealt with then anything that is said concerning that individual will come out as slander. It is foolish for a man (or woman) to slander anyone. It makes us out to look small and petty when we speak such things.
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