Provérbios 26:24

24 Quem odeia disfarça as suas intenções com os lábios,mas no coração abriga a falsidade.

Provérbios 26:24 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 26:24

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips
He that bears a grudge in his mind, and retains hatred in his heart against any person, hides it all he can, till he has an opportunity of showing it as he would; he pretends a great deal of friendship with his lips, that his hatred might not be known; he would be thought to be a friend, when he is really an enemy; he does not choose as yet to make himself known what he is. Some render it to a sense the reverse, "the enemy", or "he that hateth, is known by his lips" ^F12; so the Targum, Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions: if you carefully watch him, mark his words, and observe what he says, you will find out the hatred that lies in his heart; he cannot forbear saying something, at one time or another, which betrays the malignity of his mind; and layeth up deceit within him;
or, "though ^F13 he layeth up" hides it as much as he can, yet it will show itself in some way or another.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (rkny) "agnoscetur", Montanus, Vatablus; "cognoscetur", Tigurine version; "cognoscitur", Amama, so Luther.
F13 (w) "quamvis", Luther. apud Gejerus, Baynus.

Provérbios 26:24 In-Context

22 As palavras do caluniador são como petiscos deliciosos;descem saborosos até o íntimo.

23 Como uma camada de esmalte sobre um vaso de barro,os lábios amistosos podem ocultar um coração mau.

24 Quem odeia disfarça as suas intenções com os lábios,mas no coração abriga a falsidade.

25 Embora a sua conversa seja mansa, não acredite nele,pois o seu coração está cheio de maldade.

26 Ele pode fingir e esconder o seu ódio,mas a sua maldade será exposta em público.